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UPCOMING WEBINAR: Unlocking Cash with Supply Chain Finance

By Andrew Bartolini June 16, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

As businesses continue to eliminate manual- and paper-based processes from the front-end of the accounts payable (“AP”) function, attention has turned to streamlining and driving more value from the payment…

Five AP Metrics that Matter

By Andrew Bartolini June 14, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Building a business case for accounts payable (“AP”) automation is a critical part of transforming the invoice management process. Without a detailed business case that can convince stakeholders to invest…

3 Ways Accounts Payable and Treasury Can Collaborate

By Andrew Bartolini June 9, 2016Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Accounts payable (“AP”) and treasury can and should be natural partners within the average enterprise. AP manages a significant source of cash outflows in the form of supplier payments, and…

3 Reasons AP is Vital to Cash Management

By Andrew Bartolini June 6, 2016Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Accounts payable (“AP”) in the modern age has the potential to become a hub of financial and operational intelligence for the greater enterprise, pushing this once back-office function into new…

5 Things to Know about Supply Chain Finance

By Andrew Bartolini April 18, 2016Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

The economy is global. Raw materials mined overseas are shipped to factories thousands of miles away, and then the finished goods are sold around the world. It is this globalization—and…

How AP Can Affect Enterprise Working Capital

By Andrew Bartolini April 1, 2016Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay

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Survey: ePayables 2016 – Accounts Payable is Keeping its “Eyes on the Prize”

By Andrew Bartolini March 24, 2016Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay

The skills that accounts payable (“AP”) teams will need to succeed in the months and years ahead are evolving rapidly. Skills that involve more transactional duties are becoming less important…

The Value of Analytical Thinking for the P2P Team

By Andrew Bartolini March 22, 2016Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay

The tsunami of big data has broken over the enterprise for 15 years, drowning the average business operation in a deluge of financial and operational information. In terms of the…

Why Accounts Payable and Treasury are Natural Partners

By Andrew Bartolini March 9, 2016Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay

The accounts payable (“AP”) team has, in recent years, taken on new importance to the enterprise as a source of financial and operational intelligence. The rich data that AP collects…

Why Managing Supplier Payments Matters

By Andrew Bartolini March 1, 2016Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Efficiency rules in the modern business world, and cost savings are frequently one of the primary goals of executive leadership. As part of this objective to run an efficient organization,…