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Is Your AP Dept. Making an Impact on Working Capital? Why Not?

By Vishal Patel June 7, 2013Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Changing the standard payment terms in supplier contracts is one way that procurement departments are impacting working capital. It was a popular strategy in 2009-2010 like when we wrote about with…

A Contemporary Take on Sell-Side Contract Lifecycle Management

By Christopher Dwyer June 3, 2013Articles, Events, General, Process1 Comment

Last month, the Ardent Partners analyst team traveled en masse to AribaLIVE, Ariba’s annual event that brings together 2,000 of its customers, prospects, staffers, and partners, plus a who's who…

AP: Collaborator, not Administrator

By Vishal Patel May 30, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners recently completed its annual market research report focused on accounts payable entitled ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn. The report is based on survey data collected from 245 enterprises…

13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 4

By Christopher Dwyer May 28, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, People, Process, Technology

By now, you’ve probably our series of “13 for 2013” articles on best practices in the world of contingent workforce management. If you've missed it, check out Parts One, Two…

How Mid-Market Enterprises Should Evaluate ePayables Solutions

By Vishal Patel May 22, 2013Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

When it comes to selecting the right ePayables solution to automate the accounting function, there are certain factors that are going to be more important to a mid-market enterprise (MME)…

A Brief History of Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer May 20, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, People, Process, Technology

As an interlude to our ongoing “13 for 2013” series of best practices in contingent workforce management (click for Part One, Part Two, Part Three), I wanted to discuss something…

13 for 2013: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management, Part 3

By Christopher Dwyer May 15, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, Lists, People, Process, Technology

For those of you who missed the early installments of our “13 for 2013” series on contingent workforce management, I invite you to check out Part One and Part Two.…

Engagement Management and the Evolution of Events Management

By Christopher Dwyer May 9, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Strategy

Having just returned from one of our industry's biggest and most engaging events, Ariba LIVE (more about that from Andrew tomorrow and next week), I thought it would be a…

InSEPArable – Payments across the Eurozone

By Vishal Patel May 3, 2013Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Executives and other leaders in procurement (and accounts payable) increasingly have roles with global responsibilities and implications. For this reason, I have taken a European focus with a few of…

The Independent Contractor Conundrum

By Christopher Dwyer May 1, 2013Articles, Complex Categories, General, People, Process1 Comment

During the course of my many years as an industry analyst, I’ve frequently come across organizations that point to the utilization of independent contractors (those “faceless workers” that are all…