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AP Metrics That Matter in 2026

Invoice by invoice, the numbers add up. The average business spends $9.90 and 11.6 days processing a single invoice. Nearly 1 in 5 invoices (19.9%) requires manual exception handling, and only 38.3% flow straight through untouched.

Join Andrew Bartolini, Founder and Chief Research Officer at Ardent Partners, and Emily Nash-Walker, Head of AP & AR Product Strategy, as we explore how AP's role is expanding. 66% of organizations now rate AP as very or exceptionally valuable, and finance leaders expect the function to manage working capital, strengthen supplier relationships, and feed better data to procurement and treasury, not just process invoices. AI is accelerating that shift.

What you'll get:

  • The core AP benchmarks for 2026
  • How Best-in-Class teams outperform: side-by-side comparisons on every metric
  • Where AI adoption really stands: from the 58% piloting AI to the 1% who've made it core to operations
  • The top 3 priorities for 2026: reporting and analytics, process automation, and supplier enablement
  • A practical framework to turn these benchmarks into a measurable performance plan for your team
  • This webinar is ideal for AP professionals, finance leaders seeking 2026 benchmarks and trends, and anyone interested in the future of touchless invoice processing and AP automation.
Emily Nash-Walker
von Emily Nash-Walker Head of AP & AR Product Strategy
by Andrew Bartolini Founder and Chief Research Officer at Ardent Partners

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