How AP affects your bottom line: Improving visibility

This is it! We’ve arrived at the final post in the series on how finance and technology leaders can support their organizations’ bottom lines by improving and automating accounts payable (AP) processes. Thanks for sticking with me.

In case you’re just joining us, my first two posts examined how improving the efficiency of AP teams, as well as their access to critical documents and information, accelerates payment cycle times, reduces operating costs, and improves customer relationships. You can achieve these improvements – or accelerate them – with help from enterprise content management (ECM) technology.

My final recommendation – improving visibility – extends beyond the AP department and those participating in the invoice approval process. Let’s look at how a clearer view helps managers and the C-suite better manage their organizations’ financial processes and financial health.

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