Webinar: Payables Metrics That Maximize Your Buying Power by Ivalua

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About This Webinar

Establishing and measuring relevant and actionable metrics is an important part of any business function. However, current ERP payment processes often come across as a complex ‘Blackbox,’ one with a flawed design that damages supplier trust and blocks commercial innovation.

In this webinar entitled “Payables Metrics That Maximize Your Buying Power," Ardent Partners’ Andrew Bartolini and Ivalua’s Stephen Carter will present the general competencies and capabilities of AP organizations today, and highlight the top strategies and tactics that leading AP and finance leaders have utilized to maximize their buying power.

The metrics shared in this webinar will help you gather insight into how to build a Best-in-Class AP operation.

Agenda

How to reduce supplier inquiries by providing real-time payment status and reconciliation information against every invoice and payment
How transaction transparency ensures that every payment has a continuous thread back to the original procurement source (the supplier, the buyer, the order, or the contract)
How a flexible payment process can unlock the best price and faster delivery while maintaining control of your cash

Presenters

Andrew Bartolini

Founder & Chief Research Officer, Ardent Partners

Andrew Bartolini is the Founder and Chief Research Officer at Ardent Partners. With 22 years in the industry and 12 years leading the charge at Ardent Partners, Andrew Bartolini is a globally-recognized expert in sourcing, procurement, supply management, and accounts payable. As the Chief Research Officer at Ardent Partners, Andrew oversees all research and client programs including the annual State of the Market and Metrics that Matter eBook Series’, Technology Advisor Reports, Ardent’s monthly webinar series, as well as its in-person and virtual CPO Rising Summits. Andrew is also the publisher of CPO Rising, the news and research site for Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders (www.cporising.com).

Andrew has been named a “Pro to Know” by Supply and Demand Chain Executive multiple times and holds a B.A. in Economics from The College of the Holy Cross and an M.B.A in Finance from Indiana University. Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn.

Stephen Carter

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Ivalua

For almost 30 years, Stephen has worked as a Senior Product owner and Business Director in organizations selling procurement, Accounts Payable and Billing solutions into the Public and Private sectors. This involved designing and delivering products that support the Source to Pay and Order to Cash journeys for both Buyers and Suppliers. Stephen’s last role was in the Crown Commercial Service working with Government Digital Services (GDS) to design the next generation of Public Sector cloud catalogue and marketplaces. This covered specifying market requirements, service design, end-to-end market engagement and sitting on the UK P2P central government working group.

Over the years Stephen has been involved in a vast number of invoice automation and billing projects and has seen technology come and go; from early OCR to the establishment of the e-Invoicing Networks, to new Self-service capabilities. When this is coupled with his all round knowledge of the systems and the processes used within procurement. This in depth experience is being used by Ivalua to leapfrog the competitors to bring truly digital invoicing and payment solutions to our clients. Outside of working on Invoice to Pay innovation, Stephen is a published author and 17th Century historian.

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