One of the most important things to understand about the types of legacy systems that you're likely dealing with is that you're talking about so much more than just a minor inconvenience. Legacy solutions may start out helpful, but they typically don't last that way for every long. Before you know it, your IT teams will be struggling to manage the growing number of disconnected applications and data sources across your enterprise.

Fighting climate change has undoubtedly become, and rightly so, one of the major drivers of people's behavior in recent years. At the same time, the importance of sustainability to business has grown too. Whilst companies have to a large extent realized their responsibility on sustainability, the ability to find ways to become ever more environmentally healthy remains a challenge.

Regardless of the type of organization you're running or even the industry that you're operating in, all businesses are at their best when they are equal parts organized and efficient. This is why your business processes are ultimately one of the most important parts of your operation on a daily basis — they help empower sustainability, encourage growth, and make it easier to unlock new levels of efficiency, all at the exact same time.

Anyone who has ever worked in an office can tell you that filing cabinets are incredibly common. Some have them placed strategically throughout the office, others have them in entire rooms dedicated to records management. But regardless, they're a necessary part of doing business that leaders in nearly every industry can attest to. ... or are they?

One of the most important things to understand about the data that your business is creating is that you're talking about so much more than just a collection of files sitting on a hard drive somewhere. Contained within that data is the context and insight you need to not only understand how far your organization has come, but also to better predict where it might be headed.

For years, businesses have been leveraging technology to automate a lot of those important yet time consuming administrative tasks that take too much of an employee's focus away from more important matters. AP management software, for example, can be used to automate everything from invoice receipt and management to electronic payments, reporting and analytics, supplier management and more.