{"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":"Why Your Company Bleeds Money in Silence — The AP Basics No One Talks About","slug":"why-your-company-bleeds-money-in-silence-the-ap-basics-no-one-talks-about","published_at":"2026-06-02T12:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/apnow-1047497/why-your-company-bleeds-money-in-silence-the-ap-basics-no-one-talks-about","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/apnow-1047497","url":"https://apnow.podbean.com/e/why-your-company-bleeds-money-in-silence-%e2%80%94-the-ap-basics-no-one-talks-about/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qqrs52t3v6hb2nhv/Costly_Accounts_Payable_Mistakes_that_Many_Don_t_Realize_They_Are_Making7g0rr.mp3","summary":"Link to Journal Entries A Guide to Almost Everythinghttps://youtu.be/ONc03wC1zFA Thumbnail: Silent AP Failures or Hidden AP Failures The Costs You Miss Stop the Bleeding Your company is losing money right now — and no one can see it happening. Not leadership. Not procurement. Not even finance. But Accounts Payable can. Because the truth is this: most organizations don’t bleed money through big, dramatic failures. They bleed through the tiny, invisible cracks in their AP fundamentals — the ones no one ever talks about because they seem “too basic” to matter. But those basics? They’re exactly where the damage starts. A missing invoice. A coding error. A rushed approval. A vendor setup shortcut. A “temporary” workaround that somehow becomes permanent. Individually, they look harmless. Collectively, they create duplicate payments, late fees, vendor escalations, audit findings, strained relationships, and real financial leakage — all happening quietly in the background while everyone assumes AP is “just processing invoices.” Today, I’m pulling back the curtain on the AP fundamentals that silently cost companies thousands — sometimes millions — every year. And by the end of this video, you’ll know exactly which basics your organization is overlooking… AND how to stop the bleeding before it becomes a crisis.","meta_description":"Link to Journal Entries A Guide to Almost Everythinghttps://youtu.be/ONc03wC1zFA Thumbnail: Silent AP Failures or Hidden AP Failures The Costs You Miss St…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":640,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/apnow-1047497/episodes/why-your-company-bleeds-money-in-silence-the-ap-basics-no-one-talks-about/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/apnow-1047497/why-your-company-bleeds-money-in-silence-the-ap-basics-no-one-talks-about.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}