Invoice Lifecycle Management Customer Awards

Celebrating Innovation, Transformation and Excellence in Accounts Payable

Share Your AP Success

Your AP transformation deserves recognition. Basware's Invoice Lifecycle Management Awards celebrate the innovators, connectors, architects, and guardians - both individuals and teams - who are driving change in their organizations. Whether you're nominating yourself, a colleague, or your entire AP team, this is your chance to share your success story, celebrate your wins together, and connect with a community of industry leaders doing the same. For full details on all categories and criteria, see the guidebook.

Award Categories

Individual Awards

ILM Customer Awards Crown Posh Pink

The ILM Visionary
Award

For forward-thinking innovation and transformation, leveraging AI with autonomy and governance at the core.

The ILM Connector
Award

For enabling seamless collaboration across finance, procurement, suppliers, and systems to improve end-to-end AP performance and financial integrity.

The ILM Architect
Award

For building and scaling unified, efficient, standardized AP processes that improve performance, visibility, and enterprise control.

The ILM Guardian
Award

For strengthening continuous compliance and fraud protection across the invoice lifecycle, keeping every decision auditable, explainable, and defensible.

Team Awards

ILM All Stars

Recognizing outstanding collective achievement through process optimization, technology adoption, and measurable business impact across the invoice lifecycle.

ILM Trailblazers

For newer customers or teams who adopted Basware's Invoice Lifecycle Management fast and make it count, delivering standout results in their first year.

Nomination Guidelines

All current Basware customers are eligible to participate. Self-nominations, peer nominations, and team nominations are all welcomed. Winners are selected based on the compelling nature of their business challenge, innovative use of Basware products, measurable KPIs, and willingness to share their story, successes and lessons learnt with the community.

Key Eligibility Requirements

Current Basware customer – see the full T&C’s here
Nominate yourself, a peer, or your team
Partners can nominate customer contacts
Finalists notified directly; names and stories celebrated across Basware channels

Questions? Contact community@basware.com

Download the Full Guidebook

Timeline

June 29th, 2026

Nominations Open
August 28th, 2026

Nominations Close
September 14th, 2026

Finalists Notified
October 2026

Winners Announced
November, 2026

Virtual Ceremony

The ILM VisionaryAward

The ILM ConnectorAward

The ILM ArchitectAward

The ILM GuardianAward