AP & AR Automation: How to Build (and Land) the Business Case

Now available on demand, in this webinar, Roger Pierce is joined by automation consultant Atiba Lewis and Quadient’s Raj Sidhu to help you build a stronger business case for AP and AR automation. You’ll learn how to measure process costs, connect automation to cash flow and working capital, and present ROI and TCO in terms finance leaders can act on.

Most AP teams don’t know their true cost per invoice. Most AR teams cannot clearly explain why DSO keeps creeping up.

Manual work, disconnected systems, delayed approvals, slow cash application, and reactive collections all create costs that rarely appear on one line item. That makes automation harder to approve, even when the operational pain is obvious. And vague efficiency arguments won’t move a stakeholder — what lands is a clear number, tied to a process they already own.

As payment volumes grow and finance teams are asked to do more with the same headcount, the gap between manual and automated operations widens. So does the working capital impact. Late payment penalties, dispute resolution time, manual matching errors, missed discounts, cash application delays, and cash flow blind spots all create costs that are easy to miss and hard to defend.

The numbers make the case clearer:

• AP automation can reduce invoice processing costs by 80% or more, and fully automated AP has been linked to increased cash flow and savings.

• On the receivables side, Quadient AR automation reports up to 94% forecasting accuracy, 34% average DSO reduction, and 403% ROI over three years.

You'll learn how to:

• Calculate the true cost of manual AP and AR workflows.

• Connect cost-per-invoice, DSO, and cash visibility to executive priorities.

• Build a practical ROI case for automation.

• Learn how to address common objections from CFOs and finance leaders.

• See how Quadient supports AP and AR automation in a short demo.

You’ll also learn how to schedule a workflow assessment to see where automation can deliver the most value in your organization.

Speakers

Roger Pierce - President at Pierce Content Marketing

Atiba Lewis - Founder at ATL Workflow Automation

Raj Sidhu - Account Executive at Quadient