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Best in Class AP Performance: The Value of Straight-Through Processing
For over a decade, Ardent Partners has conducted an in-depth market research study of the accounts payable (“AP”) market that leverages a unique framework to highlight the performance of top-tier organizations (which... Read more
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What Will Business Look Like a Year From Now?
No matter how far you scroll on any preferred social media platform, there is one common news items that dominates the day (well, besides the United States election, of course).... Read more
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The Present and Future of ePayables – Webinar Today 10/14
The modern Accounts Payable (“AP”) function sits at a fascinating juncture in its overall evolution: enhance just enough to survive in the years ahead, or, revolutionize its development to truly... Read more
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The Next Evolution of the Agile Workforce
The concept of business agility is not a new ideal, but in fact an evolving set of attributes that describe a company’s overall dynamic responses to real-world pressures and barriers... Read more
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AP: Rising to the Challenge of a New Decade
In the 2020s, the accounts payable (“AP”) profession will continue to gain momentum and impact business operations and results in an increasingly strategic way. The global uncertainty that pervades today’s... Read more
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The CPO’s Approach to Supply Risk
Ardent Partners, the established leader in supply management market research, has identified unprecedented levels of risk across the vastly complex and highly interconnected supply chains that drive and support the... Read more
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Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 514: A Conversation with Catherine Candland, CEO of nextSource
Another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features a conversation with Catherine Candland, CEO of nextSource. Catherine and I chat about the continued evolution of the Managed Service... Read more
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Four Factors Influencing The Adoption of ePayables Technology
There are many different theories and models that attempt to explain the complex riddle of how and why users adopt technology. One of the best known is the Unified Theory... Read more
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The Future of Total Talent Management
Back in 2016, I wrote and developed a research study called The Modern Guide to Total Talent Management, which included this passage: The very simple argument for building or developing... Read more
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What Can We Do Right Now to Prepare Our Workforce for 2021?
During breakfast over the weekend, my wife casually mentioned that she wanted the two of us to start our holiday shopping. When she politely informed me that I had rolled... Read more