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10 AP KPIs to Measure in 2025

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Sally Hardcastle
Feb 13, 2025
Goals are changing in 2025. Cost reduction is front and center – but so is risk mitigation. And linked to these needs are visibility, accuracy, productivity, and time efficiency. This well-timed report lists 10 KPIs that will help AP teams measure and improve key areas of focus. Here are two biggies: - Cost to process a manual invoice: $10.89* - Time taken to process a manual invoice: 17.4 days** - Cost to process an automated invoice: $1.77* - Time taken to process an automated invoice: 3.1 days** To discover the other 8 vital AP KPIs, as well as what best-in-class looks like, read 10 Accounts Payable KPIs You Should Be Measuring. * Total Cost to Process Accounts Payable per Invoice Processed. August 9, 2024. APQC. ** The State of ePayables 2024: Money Never Sleeps. 2024. Ardent Partners

Goals are changing in 2025. Cost reduction is front and center – but so is risk mitigation. And linked to these needs are visibility, accuracy, productivity, and time efficiency. 

This well-timed report lists 10 KPIs that will help AP teams measure and improve key areas of focus. Here are two biggies:

  • Cost to process a manual invoice: $10.89*
  • Time taken to process a manual invoice: 17.4 days**
  • Cost to process an automated invoice: $1.77*
  • Time taken to process an automated invoice: 3.1 days**

To discover the other 8 vital AP KPIs, as well as what best-in-class looks like, read 10 Accounts Payable KPIs You Should Be Measuring.



* Total Cost to Process Accounts Payable per Invoice Processed. August 9, 2024. APQC.

** The State of ePayables 2024: Money Never Sleeps. 2024. Ardent Partners

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