
The Touchless AP Gap: How the Best-in-Class Pull Further Ahead Every Year
Every year, Ardent Partners publishes their AP Metrics that Matter research, and every year, the same story plays out: the gap between Best-in-Class AP organizations

Every year, Ardent Partners publishes their AP Metrics that Matter research, and every year, the same story plays out: the gap between Best-in-Class AP organizations

Most finance leaders don’t shop for AP automation because they love buying software. They do it because something is broken. Invoices pile up. Exception queues

Manual AP processes create compliance gaps almost by design. When approvals happen over email, coding decisions vary by individual, and invoice documentation lives across shared

Most homegrown AP systems start with good intentions. A workaround replaces spreadsheets, solves an immediate problem, and holds together long enough to become permanent. The