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The Corcentric Brand Unification: Setting a Strategy for Future Growth

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 23, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A few weeks ago, Corcentric announced that they were combining business operations with its parent company, AmeriQuest Business Services, under the Corcentric company name (read Ardent’s initial coverage of the announcement from…

Payables Place First Thing: Supply Chain Finance – Creating a Win-Win Situation for Buyers and Suppliers

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 13, 2018Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

[Editor's Note: Ardent Partners' State of ePayables 2018 Research Survey is now LIVE. If you are a professional working in Accounts Payable (AP) or Finance, please consider taking this ~15…

Payables Place First Thing: Top Strategies for P2P Success

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 6, 2018Articles, Lists, People, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Last week I presented on a webinar with Zycus entitled ‘Design Thinking: Top Strategies for P2P Success’. The webinar contained some excellent practical and useful information that I thought would make for…

Payables Place First Thing: AP Automation: Beyond Transactional Efficiency

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 30, 2018Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Throughout my career, I’ve worked with hundreds of companies looking to automate their Accounts Payable operations. Typically, the organizations are drowning in paper, suffering from manual, time-consuming, costly, error-prone processes…

Payables Place First Thing: Thoughts from SAP Concur Fusion: Delivering Value to Customers, Growth though the Partner Ecosystem, and Analytics Front and Center

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 23, 2018Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

After spending the better part of last week in Las Vegas at SAP Ariba Live, this week I headed to the beautiful Pacific Northwest to attend the SAP Concur Fusion in Seattle…

Payables Place First Thing:Thoughts from SAP Ariba Live: The Network is Back and Corporate Social Responsibility Stands Tall

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 16, 2018Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology1 Comment

I spent the better part of last week at SAP Ariba Live in Las Vegas with fellow Ardent Partners’ analysts Andrew Bartolini and Matthew York and wanted to share my thoughts and impressions of the event.…

The Corcentric Brand Unification: Setting a Strategy for Future Growth

Payables Place First Thing: Supply Chain Finance – Creating a Win-Win Situation for Buyers and Suppliers

Payables Place First Thing: Top Strategies for P2P Success

Payables Place First Thing: AP Automation: Beyond Transactional Efficiency

Payables Place First Thing: Thoughts from SAP Concur Fusion: Delivering Value to Customers, Growth though the Partner Ecosystem, and Analytics Front and Center

Payables Place First Thing:Thoughts from SAP Ariba Live: The Network is Back and Corporate Social Responsibility Stands Tall

Payables Place First Thing: More Isn’t Necessarily Better When It Comes To Supplier Portals

Payables Place First Thing: Why Doesn’t Accounts Payable Get the Recognition it Deserves?

Payables Place First Thing: What’s Really Changed in AP Over the Last 10 Years? A Ton, That’s What!

Payables Place First Thing: Basware in the News