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Monday First Thing: The State of AP
The speed of innovation within the world of finance is accelerating, and new technologies and strategies are emerging that will make a big impact on the entire accounts payable (“AP”)... Read more
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Payables Place First Thing: Data Mining and Data Scientists in AP? YES!
A few years ago the mere mention of data mining and data scientists in the same sentence as Accounts Payable (“AP”) would probably have gotten you puzzled and even concerned... Read more
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Monday First Thing: The State of ePayables 2019 – Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence
In 2019, businesses and consumers are now fully engulfed by technology and the data it both creates and captures. The same holds true for accounts payable (“AP”) departments across the... Read more
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Monday First Thing: The 2019 State of ePayables Market Research Report is Now Available!
[Editor’s Note: You can download The State of ePayables 2019: Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence Report by clicking here or registering below.] I am excited to announce the... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: CPO & CFO: Building a More Perfect Union
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and... Read more
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The State of P2P 2019 – Webinar Available for Download!
In 2019, the procure-to-pay (“P2P”) and finance leaders are well positioned to move beyond providing value to the enterprise based on increased efficiency and more towards becoming an intelligence hub... Read more
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P2P Technology Round-Up – May 1, 2019
Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, P2P, and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts Payable, B2B Payments,... Read more
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Monday First Thing: The Metrics that Matter in 2019
I hope that even casual readers of this site know that my firm, Ardent Partners, has spent that past decade performing extensive market research in the areas of sourcing/procurement, accounts... Read more
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Top Trends and Value Drivers for AP and Procurement: Automate and Collaborate
The way enterprises do business has changed significantly over the past 15 years, and these shifts – in communication technologies, in business-to-business (B2B) commerce, and in financial tools, among others... Read more
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The AP Metrics that Matter in 2019: Contested Payments
Where does the procure-to-pay (“P2P”) process begin? The answer probably depends on who you ask. Some will say sourcing is the starting point, others will say procurement, and still others... Read more