Episode 385: Use An Approval Workflow For Vendor Record Activity And Tips If It’s Not Automated

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of approval workflows for vendor record activities to reduce payment fraud and errors.

Send us Fan Mail Approval workflows for vendor adds and changes can help to reduce payment fraud and avoidable errors in vendor data. For why to do it and how to do it if your system does not support approval workflows…… Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor ...

People in this episode

Host: Debra R Richardson

Topics covered

• approval workflows
• vendor management
• payment fraud
• data accuracy
• internal controls

Keywords

• vendor adds
• payment fraud
• approval workflows
• data errors
• authentication techniques

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Organizations: www.debrarrichardson.com

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