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ePayables 2016: AP’s Perception Problem
Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a sneak peek into the findings from Ardent Partners’ latest AP research report, “ePayables 2016: Eyes on Prize,” available for download here. Throughout June and... Read more
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Throwback Thursday: Procurement Fraud Prevention (3) – Why It’s Important
Editor’s Note: In the spirit of “Throwback Thursday,” we’re bringing our audience this gem from all the way back to late summer 2010, Ardent’s first summer. It’s been some time... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 105: What is the Impact of Disruption?
“Disruption” impacts nearly every industry. This week’s edition of Contingent Workforce Weekly discusses how disruptive strategies, solutions, and approaches have revolutionized non-employee workforce management…and how this disruption will affect talent... Read more
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How Source-to-Settle Solutions Manage (and Leverage) Big Data – eSourcing
In the digital age, organizations as a whole and procurement departments in particular swim in data. It is everywhere, spread across an alphabet soup of internal and external systems –... Read more
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The Role of Technology in Today’s Contingent Workforce Programs
Editor’s Note: Today’s article is another peek at the new Contingent Workforce Management: The 2016 Technology and Innovation Outlook Report, written by Ardent’s resident non-employee workforce expert, Christopher J. Dwyer.... Read more
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The Accounts Payable Team Needs to Keep Its “Eyes on the Prize” (New Report)
Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a sneak peek into the findings from Ardent Partners’ latest AP research report, “ePayables 2016: Eyes on Prize,” available for download here. Over the next... Read more
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UPCOMING WEBINAR: Unlocking Cash with Supply Chain Finance
As businesses continue to eliminate manual- and paper-based processes from the front-end of the accounts payable (“AP”) function, attention has turned to streamlining and driving more value from the payment... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 104: The Best-in-Class CWM Program
This week’s edition of Contingent Workforce Weekly deep-dives into the “strategy” aspects of contingent workforce management (CWM) and discusses how Best-in-Class businesses approach non-employee workforce management from a programmatic perspective.... Read more
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ISM 2016: Behind the ISM Manufacturing Index
Last month, the Ardent Partners analyst team took the short flight out to Indianapolis to attend the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) 101st annual conference. For the second year in a row,... Read more
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Five AP Metrics that Matter
Building a business case for accounts payable (“AP”) automation is a critical part of transforming the invoice management process. Without a detailed business case that can convince stakeholders to invest... Read more