The “Smart” Way: The Future of ePayables
[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2019: Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused…
The State of ePayables 2019: Intelligence in Action
[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2019: Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused…
Technology Round-Up — July 24, 2019
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…
AP’s Plan for 2019: Boost the Insights, Lose the Paper
[Editor’s Note: You can download The State of ePayables 2019: Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence Report by clicking here.] A modern AP operation can differentiate itself from historical iterations by executing…
Throwback Thursday: Demand Aggregation – Multiple Requisitions
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…
Zycus’s Analyst Day: A “Magical” Time in Park City
Park City, Utah is home to majestic mountain views, great skiing, breath-taking hiking (literally), and bountiful wild game. It hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, and very recently, it hosted Zycus's Analyst…
Technology Round-Up — July 3, 2019 (Coupa Inspire Edition)
Coupa Inspire was held last week, June 24-27 in Las Vegas at the chic Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center. Ardent Partners' analyst team was in attendance. During the conference, Coupa Software, the San…
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”)…
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…
Monday First Thing: The CPO’s Metrics that Matter in 2019 — New Webinar from Ardent Partners
In 2019, having access to accurate, real-time metrics is a game-changer – perhaps now more than ever. Establishing and measuring relevant metrics allows an organization to understand its “current state”…