GUIDES & REPORTS
The State of ePayables in 2025: AP’s Unfinished Journey
Uncover actionable insights and strategies with the Ardent Partners ePayables Report 2025. This comprehensive report provides a detailed look into the state of Accounts Payable (AP) and ePayables, offering practical tools to improve your AP operations, benchmark your performance, and prepare for the future. If your goal is to enhance efficiency, adopt automation, or leverage AI in your AP functions, this report is your go-to resource.
Why read this report?
Gain exclusive insights that will redefine the way your AP team operates. Here's what you'll find inside the report:
Industry performance benchmarks
Learn where your AP department stands across industry metrics. Understand how Best-in-Class AP teams consistently outperform their peers with 79% lower processing costs and faster invoice cycle times.
AP strategies for 2025 and beyond
Discover top strategies used by leading AP departments to tackle operational challenges. Plus, explore the rising role of AI in streamlining AP functions, reducing errors, and improving efficiency.
Actionable tactics for optimizing your AP
Deploy smarter solutions to reduce invoice processing costs by 60-80% and improve reporting and analytics to transform your AP department into a hub of actionable intelligence.
What to prioritize in the year ahead
Delve into how AI adoption and supplier automation are reshaping the AP landscape. Find out why focusing on cash flow management, supplier relationships, and fraud prevention will be vital in the coming years.
With detailed metrics and data-informed strategies, the report equips your business with the knowledge to compete and excel in today’s fast-evolving digital landscape.
“Smart AP, P2P, and finance leaders also know that the best way to understand and communicate the impact that an AP transformation has on business operations and results is to begin measuring and tracking their department’s performance. Ardent Partners ultimately recommends that every AP leader reading this report develop and use a series of “AP Metrics that Matter” for exactly that purpose.”
Key highlights
Businesses using advanced automation reduced invoice processing times to 2.9 days, compared to the industry average of 8.2 days.
65% of AP leaders expect AI to have a significant transformational impact on operations within the next two years.
Supplier eInvoice adoption rates are reaching new heights, with best-in-class teams enabling 67.2% of their suppliers.
Get the report and start transforming your AP operations today.
The Ardent Partners advantage
For over 20 years, Ardent Partners has been setting the standard for excellence in accounts payable research. Our annual reports are drawn from thousands of data points, interviews, and first-hand studies with AP, finance, and procurement professionals. This year's ePayables Report continues our commitment to delivering high-impact insights that drive real results.
Built for decision-makers
Whether you're an AP executive, finance leader, or procurement professional, this report is designed to help you make data-driven decisions that drive measurable outcomes.
Don’t just keep up with change. Stay ahead with the 2025 State of ePayables report. Transform your AP operations, align with industry leaders, and take your place at the forefront of innovation.
