Monthly Archives: May 2023

How can AP impact working capital? Well, in many cases, in an effort to improve working capital positions enterprises will decide to withhold payments and aggressively push for extended terms. However, there is a danger that this can become a standard practice which can harm supplier relationships and potentially disrupt the buying organization’s business operations. [...]

  In the battle for corporate profits, efficiency, and performance, the CFO and the CPO are natural allies, each marked by an increasingly prominent role that demands greater performance. And yet, more often than not, these generals and their battle-tested teams are marching to the beat of a different drummer. Enterprises that allow this CFO-CPO [...]

Ardent Partners recently completed its annual market research report focused on accounts payable – ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn. The report is based on survey data collected from approximately 245 enterprises and one of the key themes of the report is the evolving role of AP and that is the focus of today’s article. The [...]

In continuation with our Latin American theme, today’s focus will be Argentina. You can read about the various requirements and guidelines for Mexico and Brazil in previous articles. The tax authority responsible for overseeing electronic invoices in Argentina is called Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP). In order to issue invoices, all companies in Argentina [...]

In a previous article (which you can find here) I covered the essentials of eInvoicing in Mexico and the recent changes in government requirements. Today, the focus is going to be Brazil (part 3 will cover Argentina), which is largely considered the leader and pace setter for eInvoicing in Latin America. Just to provide some [...]

One of the most interesting, successful and fast growing markets for eInvoicing is not Europe but Latin America. For some time now certain Latin American countries have been aggressively pushing electronic invoicing. Brazil, Mexico and Argentina have led the charge with government mandates that require companies to replace standard paper invoices with electronic invoices. eInvoicing [...]

At the moment, Ardent Partner’s research team is completing the annual AP-focused market research report which will be widely available shortly – ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn. This report will focus on the evolving role of AP from a back-office function to one that adds- value and supports other functions such as Treasury and Procurement [...]