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Definition, Benefits, & Choosing the Right Software Solution January 4, 2024 Automate AP for a Fresh Financial Slate in the New Year December 21, 2023 Unlock Your Revenue Potential: 3 Tips for Boosting Restaurant Sales with ChowNow December 12, 2023 Meet Ottimate: Plate IQ Rebrands as Leading AP Automation AI December 7, 2023 How To Help Your Vendors Embrace Digital Payments November 9, 2023 A Simple Guide to PO Matching November 7, 2023 How To Automate Vendor Bill Payments October 5, 2023 What are Virtual Cards and Why Should Your Team Use Them? September 26, 2023 6 Common AP Challenges QSRs Face — and How AP Automation can Solve Them September 12, 2023 AP Automation: A Game Changer for Cash Flow Management September 7, 2023 4 Ways AP Automation Helps Grocery Stores Drive Cost-Savings June 23, 2023 Ottimate Announces Expansion into Accounting & Bookkeeping Industries June 20, 2023 How AP Automation Mitigates Fraud June 13, 2023 How to Give Time Back to Your Team with AP Automation June 6, 2023 Ease Labor Shortages With Accounts Payable Technology May 2, 2023 4 Strategies for Successful AP Automation Implementation April 18, 2023 How End-to-End AP Automation Improves the Payables Process April 13, 2023 FMS Solutions Partners with Ottimate to Automate AP for Their Clients August 18, 2022 Efficiency Redefined: Ottimate’s Retail AP Process July 25, 2022 First Time At HITEC July 21, 2022 Beat Inflation: Prep Your Grocery Store For The Holidays, Now June 30, 2022 5 Common Problems Facing Independent Grocery Stores June 23, 2022 Hospitality Accounting Software: The AP Solution for Your Hotel June 22, 2022 What You Won’t Find in Your SWAG Bag June 8, 2022 How To Scale When Business Is Booming But The Workforce Is Slim June 8, 2022 Sage Advice for Hotel Groups: Free Your AP With a Sage Intacct Integration June 2, 2022 The Power of Automation in Grocery Stores. Ditch Manual AP May 16, 2022 Annual Restaurant Show Returns: 5 Reasons To Go To Chicago May 13, 2022 How Multi-Location Businesses Can Get the Most out of AP Automation May 9, 2022 Tech Talks: Take a Byte Out of The National Restaurant Show April 28, 2022 Customers for Life: Proven Strategies for Repeat Business April 26, 2022 How To Streamline Your Hotel Bookkeeping With Automation April 22, 2022 Are Labor Challenges Here to Stay? April 21, 2022 Ottimate Appoints Andy Roberts as Chairman of Its Board of Directors April 14, 2022 3 Gold Standard Ways To Pay Your Hotel Vendors April 6, 2022 How Hotels Can Use Virtual Cards For Accounts Payable April 5, 2022 Hospitality Industry Statistics & Trends Operators Need To Know March 29, 2022 How Long Should You Keep Your Documents When Invoice Filing? March 21, 2022 Top 8 AP Automation Software for Hotels: Comparison Guide March 15, 2022 B2B Payment Automation: The Future of AP Processes March 14, 2022 How To Improve Your Hotel Accounts Payable With Automation March 4, 2022 Digitizing Invoices at Scale using AWS Step Function and SQS Queue February 16, 2022 Creating a “Mise En Place” for Your Invoice Automation February 9, 2022 Navigating the AP Process: From Small Biz to Enterprise February 4, 2022 How to Improve Your Country Club Accounts Payable Process February 2, 2022 Restaurant Technology That’s Changing the Status Quo January 25, 2022 Why AP Automation: Making the Most of Your Newly Freed Time January 20, 2022 Why a Corporate Debit Card Is Better Than Petty Cash January 18, 2022 6 Benefits of Online Bill Pay for Vendors January 14, 2022 How To Reduce Manual Invoice Processing With AP Automation January 11, 2022 How To Earn Cashback On Your Invoices With Customer Rebates January 6, 2022 How Automatic Bill Payment Improves Your Vendor Relationships December 20, 2021 Five Restaurant Trends To Watch For In 2022 December 17, 2021 A Quick Guide To Private Club Accounting December 14, 2021 2022 Country Club and Golf Industry Report – Statistics & Trends December 13, 2021 12 Benefits of AP Automation for Your Private Club December 3, 2021 How To Manage Your Golf Course Maintenance Costs November 22, 2021 It’s Going To Be The Most Expensive Thanksgiving In History November 16, 2021 14 Country Club Management Tips: How to Tend the Operations Flag November 11, 2021 How Food Invoice Data Reveals Savings for Restaurant Operators November 11, 2021 Why Restaurants Are Paying Vendors With Digital Payments November 4, 2021 Ottimate Raises $160 Million From FTV Capital To Close The Supply Chain Payments Gap Between Vendors And Operators November 3, 2021 How Invoice Processing & Machine Learning Work Together October 19, 2021 Powering NetSuite Invoice Processing & Bill Pay Automation October 7, 2021 3 Best Ways to Pay Vendors: vCard Payment vs. ACH vs. Check October 7, 2021 Ottimate Introduces VendorPay, A Payments Platform Connecting Businesses And Vendors October 5, 2021 50 Statistics to Know about COVID-19’s Impact on the Hospitality Industry October 1, 2021 Drive Traffic and Gain Loyal Customers with These Easy Restaurant Marketing Tips September 23, 2021 The Do’s and Don’ts of Selling Restaurant Gift Cards September 17, 2021 How Ottimate Supports End-to-End AP Automation September 15, 2021 5 Surprising Ways Restaurant Accounting Affects the Guest Experience September 10, 2021 Restaurant Food Cost: What to Watch For and How to Control It September 9, 2021 How to Ace Your Accounts Payable Audit with AP Automation September 3, 2021 Benefits of a Corporate Debit Card for Your Restaurant September 3, 2021 How to Take Your Entire Restaurant AP Team Remote September 3, 2021 Ottimate Dishes Up Manufacturer Rebates And Cashback With Foodbuy Foodservice August 30, 2021 Why Purchase Size Matters, And Not In The Way You Think August 20, 2021 How To Market Your Accounting Firm To Restaurants August 10, 2021 How External Corporate Cards Link To The Ottimate Card August 5, 2021 Four Ways to Supercharge Your Restaurant Accounting Services August 4, 2021 How To Get an Instant Virtual Debit Card for Your Business August 3, 2021 How Your Restaurant Can Leverage Automated Invoice Processing July 30, 2021 Prevent Payment Fraud With These Tips to Protect Your Business July 28, 2021 What Is a Burner Card and How Can It Help Your Business? July 28, 2021 How to Switch to a Paperless Accounts Payable Process in 5 Easy Steps July 23, 2021 Protect Against Invoice Fraud with AP Automation July 20, 2021 What Features To Look For in a Virtual Debit Card [Guide] July 16, 2021 Optical Character Recognition vs. Transcription: How Should You Digitize Invoices? July 2, 2021 Ottimate Data Shows That Digital Payments Are Here to Stay June 25, 2021 How Hospitality Businesses Can Leverage Costco Effectively June 18, 2021 Same Day ACH: What It Means For Your Bill Payment June 18, 2021 Restaurant Accounting Software & Solutions June 17, 2021 Sympathy for the Night Auditor: How to Get More Done at Hotels Before Sunrise June 3, 2021 Ottimate Unveils The Ottimate Card, A Pre-Approved Spend Management Platform for Hospitality June 3, 2021 Harness the Power of Merchant Category Codes to Control Business Spending June 2, 2021 A Quick-Start Guide to Restaurant Financial Statements June 2, 2021 The Gloves Are Off The Charts May 27, 2021 Always Unstoppable May 21, 2021 Four Ways to Improve Your Country Club Software Systems May 14, 2021 5 Tips To Control and Conquer Fluctuating Restaurant Costs May 14, 2021 Restaurant Bookkeeping vs. CPA Services: What to Consider May 7, 2021 Restaurant EDI: What Is It, and Why Is It So Important for Operators to Have? May 4, 2021 Empowering Growth: How Accountants Unleash Strategic Insights May 4, 2021 How to Use QuickBooks for Restaurant Accounting May 3, 2021 The Building Blocks of Operational Excellence April 30, 2021 Vendors for Restaurants: Unlocking Better Pricing Strategies April 23, 2021 Five Ways to Avoid Finding Accounting Errors for Restaurants April 20, 2021 Hotel Accounting 101: What Every Operator Needs to Know April 16, 2021 5 Tips for Finding the Right Restaurant Invoice Processing Software April 14, 2021 Why Hotel AP Is Different April 6, 2021 The Impact Of Covid-19 Is Catching Up To Ketchup April 6, 2021 The WFH Bill Pay Ecosystem April 2, 2021 Four Restaurant Expenses You Can Pay With A Corporate Expense Card March 26, 2021 Ottimate Is A High Performer For Payments Processing, AP Automation And Invoice Management In G2’s Spring 2021 Report March 23, 2021 Breaking The Accounting Daisy Chain with Parallel Export March 17, 2021 AP Middleware: The New Hero of Business Continuity March 12, 2021 The New Restaurant Tech Stack: When To Invest in New Software March 2, 2021 COVID-19’s Impact on Restaurant Food Cost Volatility Has Just Started February 26, 2021 How To Pick The Right Restaurant Tech Stack February 26, 2021 The New Restaurant Tech Stack: An Introduction February 19, 2021 The A to Z of Accounts Payables, Explained February 11, 2021 How To Calculate Plate Costs And Engineer Your Restaurant Menu February 4, 2021 Accounts Payable Workflow: The Power of AP Automation February 3, 2021 5 Food Procurement Tips for Your Restaurant January 22, 2021 How Does Cash Back On AP Spend and Vendor Bill Pay Work? January 21, 2021 The True Cost of Paper Invoices January 15, 2021 5 Tips to Improve Your Vendor Negotiation Strategy January 15, 2021 The Power Of Integration: Supercharge Invoice Management With Inventory Control with Ottimate And COGS-Well January 8, 2021 Say Goodbye to Paper Checks: Alternatives for Paying Invoices January 5, 2021 How AP Professionals Can Overcome Objections to Accounts Payable Automation December 31, 2020 Skip The Cash: How Restaurants Are Moving To Digital Tip Disbursements December 29, 2020 The Restauranteur’s Guide to Restaurant Vendor Management December 22, 2020 AP That Gives Back: Ottimate’s 2020 In Review December 17, 2020 The Business Operator’s Introduction to Processing EDI Invoices December 14, 2020 How to Benefit From a Virtual Payment Card With AP Automation December 8, 2020 From Clay Tokens to Artificial Intelligence: A History of the Invoice November 14, 2020 Sifting Through Technology: Best Practices for Efficient AP Automation November 14, 2020 Why Restaurant AP and Restaurant Invoices are Different September 15, 2020 How to Choose the Best Accounts Payable Automation Software September 15, 2020 Localization in Invoices September 15, 2020 5 Ways to Enhance Your ROI | Ottimate + GoDaddy Social Media September 15, 2020 La Boulangerie’s $2.75 Pizza is Great for Consumers, but Does the Restaurant Get a Piece of the Pie? September 15, 2020 7 Ways To Optimize Your Restaurant Accounting September 15, 2020 How to Automate Your Accounts Payable Process September 15, 2020 Compeat and Ottimate Announce Strategic Partnership to Automate AP Processing for Restaurants September 15, 2020 Ottimate Reaches $100 Million in Payments eBooks & Guides April 2, 2024 End-to-End AP Automation, How It Works April 1, 2024 AP Role Play February 29, 2024 AP Automation Guide April 2, 2024 End-to-End AP Automation, How It Works April 1, 2024 AP Role Play February 29, 2024 AP Automation Guide News February 27, 2024 American Liberty Hospitality Leveraging AI for Enhanced End-to-End Hotel AP Automation January 25, 2024 Ottimate Announces Top AP Automation Software for Acumatica January 18, 2024 Ottimate Announces #1 AP Automation Software for Construction December 12, 2023 Meet Ottimate: Plate IQ Rebrands as Leading AP Automation AI June 23, 2023 Ottimate Announces Expansion into Accounting & Bookkeeping Industries April 13, 2023 FMS Solutions Partners with Ottimate to Automate AP for Their Clients April 21, 2022 Ottimate Appoints Andy Roberts as Chairman of Its Board of Directors November 4, 2021 Ottimate Raises $160 Million From FTV Capital To Close The Supply Chain Payments Gap Between Vendors And Operators October 7, 2021 Ottimate Introduces VendorPay, A Payments Platform Connecting Businesses And Vendors June 3, 2021 Ottimate Unveils The Ottimate Card, A Pre-Approved Spend Management Platform for Hospitality