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Payables Place First Thing: AP Automation: Beyond Transactional Efficiency
Throughout my career, I’ve worked with hundreds of companies looking to automate their Accounts Payable operations. Typically, the organizations are drowning in paper, suffering from manual, time-consuming, costly, error-prone processes... Read more
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AP’s Evolving Role in Cash Management
From hard coinage to electronic funds, cash has been the basic building block of business success for centuries. Cash allows enterprises to pay employees, fulfill debt obligations, invest in new... Read more
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AP Can Help Quench Treasury’s Thirst for Liquidity (Part II)
Today’s article, which will examine several opportunities that exist for AP to help quench treasury’s thirst for liquidity, is a continuation or Part 2 of this article from last week. The... Read more
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AP Can Help Quench Treasury’s Thirst for Liquidity (Part I)
Not Your Father’s Treasury Department The finance department in many enterprises has an unofficial hierarchy among functions. Near the top is the corporate treasury team, which is tasked with ensuring... Read more
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3 Ways Accounts Payable and Treasury Can Collaborate
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... Read more
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3 Reasons AP is Vital to Cash Management
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... Read more
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How AP Can Affect Enterprise Working Capital
Editor’s Note: Do not forget to take Ardent’s 2016 State of the AP Market research survey (click here now) – those that complete the survey get the final report sent... Read more
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Best of 2014: P2P Metrics that Matter
Editor’s Note: This week on CPO Rising, we’re publishing five “best of” articles from 2014 as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. Enjoy! The... Read more
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CPO Rising’s 2014 Hot Tech Prospects – Taulia
In late June, the 30 NBA teams spent an evening drafting the top college and international prospects in the world of basketball. In many ways, selecting the right supply management... Read more
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Skills for the Modern Procurement Pro – Cash Management
It’s a great and worthwhile pursuit for Chief Procurement Officers to invest in their people, so, in that vein, over the next few weeks we will be analyzing the key... Read more