APEX Analytix Experts to Showcase Industry Best Practices at Annual Forum for Accounts Payable Professionals
During an upcoming meeting of International Accounts Payable Professionals, experts from APEX Analytix will showcase best practices and new technology that can help companies improve their bottom line. They will focus on ways to combat vendor fraud, improve accounts payable processes and benchmark performance. The company also will showcase the latest versions of its industry-leading FirstStrike™ software for the detection and prevention of accounts payable errors.
Greensboro, NC (PRWEB) April 16, 2008 -- As companies strive to weather a struggling economy, there is increasing pressure to drive down costs and uncover new operating efficiencies that can benefit the bottom line.
A team of experts from APEX Analytix, a leading provider of audit recovery services and software for performance management, error prevention and fraud detection in accounts payable, will showcase industry best practices and new technology solutions during an upcoming meeting of the International Accounts Payable Professionals (IAPP).
IAPP is a nonprofit educational organization committed to the professional advancement in the accounts payable discipline. The 18th annual IAPP forum is scheduled for April 20-24 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, Calif.
APEX Analytix experts attending the forum will conduct the following sessions:
| | - Achieving Best-in-Class: Benchmarking as the Foundation for Continuous Improvement. APEX Analytix President Jim Arnold will team with Nickolanne Duncan-Poag, APEX Analytix marketing and research specialist, to discuss the role of benchmarking in performance measurement. The two will share results from the company's Top Gun benchmarking surveys, which encompass approximately 60 best practice areas that can significantly impact efficiency and profitability.
- Advanced Project Management. Chris Doxey, APEX Analytix vice president of account management, will conduct a preconference workshop on skills that can take project management to a higher level. Participants will learn to manage complex projects in difficult situations and to build a project plan using MS Project.
- Engage and Excite Your Team to Achieve Your Goals: Brainstorming Techniques for Accounts Payable Organizations. Joseph Collins, APEX Analytix director of client solutions, will share techniques for engaging the support of team members in tackling shared objectives.
- Five Steps to Deterring Fraud. Jim Arnold and Tasha Bailey, APEX Analytix lead vendor risk analyst and project manager, will discuss how to stop fraudulent vendors in their tracks.
- Internal Controls and SOX 404: Year Five. SOX expert Chris Doxey will explain how auditing requirements and internal controls have changed since Sarbanes-Oxley was enacted.
- New Directions in Teambuilding. Drawing on two decades of industry experience, Chris Doxey will share tips for building high-performing teams and managing conflict.
- Outsourcing/Offshoring and Change Management. There can be significant differences between outsourcing and offshoring in a shared services environment. Chris Doxey will explore both strategies and the contribution they can make to a change management plan.
- Perfecting the End-to-End Process. Jim Arnold will join Ronda Mills of Delta Airlines in a discussion of how to achieve a more efficient, effective and unified accounts payable process that supports a company's strategic objectives.
- Tone at the Top and Ethics. Chris Doxey will discuss how a company's leadership team sets the stage for ethical standards and internal controls.
- Warning! This Could Happen to You! (And Your Boss Will Love It). Jim Arnold will be joined by industry consultant Andy Crago for a presentation on how to evolve from a fragmented accounts payable organization to a single, streamlined, shared-services team.
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Software Solutions Tailored for Accounts Payable
In Booth 305 in the IAPP Exhibit Hall, APEX Analytix experts will showcase three industry-leading software platforms.
FirstStrike™ Fraud Detect provides the continuous monitoring companies need to fight fraud in the accounts payable disbursement process. FirstStrike™ Accounts Payable and FirstStrike™ Purchasing automate the detection and prevention of errors in accounts payable and procurement. Recently introduced versions of FirstStrike™ software include more than 50 new operational features that can help companies maximize revenues and operate more efficiently.
About APEX Analytix
APEX Analytix is an innovative audit recovery firm serving more than a third of the Fortune 100. The company has transformed the audit recovery industry with FirstStrike™, a highly functional family of standards-based software that detects and prevents both errors and fraud and improves performance across the procure-to-pay process. To date FirstStrike has saved businesses more than $1.5 billion in overpayments and is the most widely used software of its type. For more information call 800.284.4522 or visit www.apexanalytix.com.
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