Top 25 Accounts Payable and Receivable 2011-2012

The earliest known writings were discovered on clay tablets in Egypt and Mesopotamia, dating back to 3000 B.C. When they were translated, they proved to be records of tax accounting, as humans needed some way of keeping track of their “possessions”.

The Top 25 Accounts Payable and Receivable KPIs of 2011 - 2012 report contains a thorough analysis on the most popular Accounts Payable and Receivable KPIs in 2011-2012, selected by the number of views they received from the smartKPIs.com community.

About Accounts Payable and Receivable as a Functional Area

Accounts payable and receivable in Accounting represent the records on balances with the creditors and debtors of the entity. The control of such balances is a sign of good operational practice. Specific KPIs enable analysis and control on transactions processing and meeting payment / receipting terms.

Accounts Payable and Receivable sub-categories on smartKPIs.com are:

• Billing Accuracy;
• Cash Flow Optimization;
• Cash Collection;
• Accounts Processing;
• Billing Costs. 

Highlights from the report

Top 25 Accounts Payable and Receivable KPIs of 2011-2012 offers an overview of the most popular KPIs for Accounts Payable and Receivable as a functional area, by combining input from the smartKPIs.com community with research and analysis from the editorial team. Some of the main sections are:

• “KPIs … Naturally”, an article that sets the context through a discussion on what is old and what is new in the use of KPIs;

• An introduction to the custom KPI documentation form developed by the smartKPIs.com research team for documenting KPIs (with over 30 fields of data, making this the most thorough KPI documentation template in use today);

• A list with the names of the Top 25 Accounts Payable and Receivable KPI examples in 2011-2012 on smartKPIs.com;

• Among the most popular 25 KPI examples for Accounts Payable and Receivable in 2011-2012, top 3 is made of:

  - % Billing accuracy
  - % Aging of uncollected bills
  - # Days past-due invoices

• A detailed description of each KPI listed in the report, as documented in smartKPIs Premium (the premium content section of smartKPIs.com);

• Comprehensive insights on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as performance measurement tools and a glossary explaining the most popular terms characterizing KPIs.