Apart from the obvious benefits, such as gaining a competitive edge, reducing costs, and improving business agility, BPM software also can provide: Business rules engine: design business rules and conditions for each business process. Workflow management: design, test and implement advanced workflows by integrating team members, robust communication, other systems, and data. Overall visibility of… Read More
Amelio makes the disjointed, people dependent processes and siloed out technologies common to audit, tax, engagement letters, on-boarding and client acceptance more automated, integrated, compliant and relevant to your firm. Our experiences have led us to compile our Power Index for 7 Areas of Value that consistently affect our clients and the Accounting industry. Tracking and… Read More
These were actual responses given to questions on the MBA exam: Q: How are auditors engaged? A: The man buys the lady a ring and asks her to marry him. Sometimes he has to get her father’s permission first. Q: What is an engagement letter? A: When you propose by mail, but my father is… Read More
With Tax Season starting in less than a month, now is the time to get yourself in order. I often resort back to the 5Ps that my High School economics teacher ingrained in the class – Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance. How does this translate to tax season? Revisit what didn’t work last year. Yes,… Read More
We are often asked what makes Amelio, our business process management platform, different? How does Amelio stand out from the rest of the technology in the CPA Industry? Check out our last of our 3 part podcast series “The Advantages and Case Studies of Amelio,” to find out! #businessprocessmanagement #cpafirm #accounting #workflowautomation
Whenever a new year is upon us, making a few personal resolutions is usually a simple task – lose weight, stop smoking, exercise more, work less, pick up a new hobby, save money, etc. Whether we stick with them is another blog post all together! However, when it comes to our professional lives, the resolutions… Read More
CPAs know that generating engagement letter content and tracking approval can become complicated and that complications don’t arise in a predictable way. The complications of engagement letters can come at any time, in any job, but they often arise in places you’d least expect them to. For example, in straightforward engagements with long-term clients—the kind… Read More
Now more than ever #businessprocessmanagement is critical to breaking down the silos within your firm and ensuring that your staff is connected. Last week, I shared the first session of our three part podcast series “Why The Time Has Come to Improve Your Firm’s Business Process Management” to gain a better understanding of what your #cpafirm can do. Today… Read More
Workflow helps us streamline our business processes by automating the routing and approval of documents. It works great if all the steps are sequential and relationships are 1:1. However, if the 1:1 relationship is broken – for example when financial statements need a second review – linear workflow cannot help. Amelio does it better with… Read More
What do our clients value? This question is at the core of every lean initiative. The idea is if you eliminate waste in your processes, your services will be more aligned to what your client’s value. The Accounting profession is currently facing increasing pressure from clients on fees. If you become commoditized in the mind… Read More
