{"podcast":{"title":"APNow","slug":"apnow-1047497","podcast_index_feed_id":1047497,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/apnow/feed.xml","website_url":"https://apnow.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4711704/podcastlogo_-square.jpg","author":"Mary Schaeffer","episode_count":100,"summary":"Worried about keeping up with changing best practices, fraud, technology, regulatory concerns, and new processes impacting your accounts payable function? The AP Now podcast, hosted by Mary Schaeffer, one of the leading accounts payable experts, is for you. Mary will be joined by other thought leaders and practitioners for some episodes. In others, she’ll examine a prevailing issue or trend by herself. This weekly broadcast is especially designed to provide the needed business intelligence related to the payment and accounts payable functions. It’s for those who work in, manage, have responsibility for, or provide services to the accounts payable function. Find the AP Now podcast wherever you listen to podcasts or head over to www.ap-now.com, and sign up for our ezine to be alerted to new issues.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T02:31:35.064900+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/apnow-1047497"},"episode":{"title":"5 AP Blunders Many Best Practice Organizations Still Make","slug":"5-ap-blunders-many-best-practice-organizations-still-make","published_at":"2026-01-13T21:40:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/apnow-1047497/5-ap-blunders-many-best-practice-organizations-still-make","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/apnow-1047497","url":"https://apnow.podbean.com/e/5-ap-blunders-many-best-practice-organizations-still-make/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/j5fy7twnuww8zscu/Costly_Accounts_Payable_Mistakes_that_Many_Don_t_Realize_They_Are_Making7ont8.mp3","summary":"Let’s take a look at 5 basic Accounts Payable concepts or principles used at best practice organizations AND more importantly the Big Mistake that even best practice organizations STILL make related to these very basic processes. And sadly, these mistakes cost the organization hundreds of thousands of dollars – if not more! Link to 5 Shockers What You Should Know before Taking over Accounts Payable https://youtu.be/LxKEQPNLXEM Subscribe for more tips and insights like this: https://www.youtube.com/APNow?sub_confirmation=1 Looking for more of the most current business intelligence about + Best practices around your payment and accounts payable function + Current and new fraud protection protocols + The newest technology impacting your accounting, accounts payable, and payment functions + Career advancement +And much more!! +++++++++++++++++++++++ See most recent videos at: https://www.youtube.com/@APNow/videos See all short tips at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-He5ELp9TP3wqQdHIbfIcFAB Learn more about AP Best Practices; Playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HcvMSJTdNs0BCQJ0Ivb4l9V Learn more about Internal Controls in AP; Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HdV9JIterJ-bf6TwMset_z_ Looking for Automation insights: Playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-Hf_cZwQOcDZrYV4dA0oDVby This video discusses strategic AP processes and highlights critical mistakes many organizations make, emphasizing that these common errors can lead to significant financial losses for companies. We identify specific issues such as \"The Sneaky Fraud Oversight,\" and \"The Ballooning Regulatory Requirement.\" Focusing on the accounts payable process, this session will improve your financial management by avoiding err…","meta_description":"Let’s take a look at 5 basic Accounts Payable concepts or principles used at best practice organizations AND more importantly the Big Mistake that even be…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":620,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/apnow-1047497/episodes/5-ap-blunders-many-best-practice-organizations-still-make/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/apnow-1047497/5-ap-blunders-many-best-practice-organizations-still-make.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}