How to Clean Up Your Master Vendor File After Years of Neglect
June, 2003
Most professionals know that cleaning up the master vendor file on a regular basis is a smart move.
Like exercising regularly and eating lots of fruits and vegetables, integrating that knowledge into everyday
practice is a whole different matter. It is not unusual to find companies that have ignored the matter
for years. Such was the case of one accounts payable professional who suddenly found herself responsible
for the massive undertaking of getting the master vendor file into shape after years of really bad practices.
Like other companies who face the task after years of neglect, this company decided to address the problem
when switching to a new system.
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