Metrics

It is with great pleasure that Ardent Partners announces the publication of its latest state of accounts payable (“AP”) research report—“ePayables 2015: Higher Ground.” Like the annual reports that came before it, the 2015 ePayables report focuses on the state of the AP function as well as assessing how AP teams leverage ePayables solutions to [...]

Establishing and measuring relevant and actionable metrics is an important part of any business function since it provides the opportunity to set, track, and ultimately achieve goals and objectives while providing the key inputs to drive continuous improvement efforts. With process automation tools in place, an accounts payable (AP) department is significantly better able to [...]

  Ardent Partners recently published a new AP focused report. Entitled AP Metrics that Matter (click to download, registration is required) and sponsored by Kofax, this Ardent Partners research report discusses the importance of capturing and analyzing data and presents a set of “metrics that matter” for finance and AP leaders alike to track, evaluate, [...]

The procure-to-pay (P2P) process is growing in importance within many enterprises as we’ve noted in many articles including here and here. As with any business process, optimization is key to creating value throughout the process. Within P2P, I believe that the main drivers of optimization include: Efficiency – from a cost, productivity, resource allocation and [...]