An analysis of automakers' changes to managing working capital after the Great Recession offers lessons for other industries ahead of the next downturn.
More than 4 in 10 companies have an enterprise-wide automation strategy in place, with finance leading the way, a survey shows.
Our third selection, Tipalti, is solving the mounting payables problem faced by growing midmarket businesses.
Supply chain financing lets companies stretch payment terms without hurting their suppliers’ cash flow.
Manually entering invoices into the general ledger has a negative influence on the total cost of processing accounts payable per invoice.
An APEX Analytix survey uncovers some weak spots in global accounts payable departments.
Not only do the top-performing financial shared services centers process more invoices and receipts with fewer people, those people accomplish much more.
Executives at manufacturers and distributors believe optimizing working capital is important but less than half have implemented a plan to manage cash flow.
Thanks to the slumping oil and gas industry, the working capital performance of America’s largest companies is at its worst level in years.
Nothing destroys relationships with critical vendors like payment delays.
Payments-industry observers say it's an idea whose time may have come.
A high-performing finance operations function can add value throughout a company.
