The AP Leader's Guide to Getting Ahead of Spend
SAP Concur's guide highlights the strategic role of accounts payable (AP) in spend management for 2026. It offers five recommendations: remove manual friction, use invoice data for visibility, connect AP to total spend, build in risk and compliance, and design scalable processes. Citing Ardent Partners, best-in-class AP teams process invoices in 3.1 days at 80% lower cost.
Impact and considerations
Provides actionable strategies for finance and AP teams to improve efficiency and control risk, emphasizing automation's value in spend management.
Key points
- Best-in-class AP teams process invoices in 3.1 days at 80% lower cost.
- Invoice data provides early visibility into spend.
- Built-in controls reduce fraud risk.
- Scalable processes support business growth.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
- Other sources
- 0
- First source publication
- 26 Feb 2026, 17:17
- Page published
- 12 Aug 2026, 14:30
- Last updated
- 26 Feb 2026, 17:17
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog：The AP Leader’s Guide to Getting Ahead of Spend (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 26 Feb 2026, 17:17