An ePayables Business Case Made Easy
As we mentioned in an article last week, Ardent Partners is initiating its technology coverage with the launch of the its first SMARTSet™. A SMARTSet is a low-cost, comprehensive set…
Introducing The ePayables SMARTSet
We often highlight the thought-leadership reports and presentations that Ardent Partners publishes/presents on the pages of CPO Rising as a way to share some of our key research findings and…
Six Major Trends for AP in 2012
While I have personally have spent a good deal of my time over the past six years focusing on the accounts payable market, at Ardent Partners, we have another analyst…
Case Study from the Collaborative Sourcing Report
In our last article, we discussed Ardent Partners' recent report focused on Collaborative Sourcing which we define as the process "which blends traditional sourcing approaches with more robust category strategies,…
P2P Excellence – Design for Success (2)
This article was written by Vishal Patel, Research Director at Ardent Partners In our last article, (found here), we talked about Ardent’s P2P research series that is aimed at helping…
P2P Excellence – Design for Success (1)
This article was written by Vishal Patel, Research Director at Ardent Partners Ardent Partners is in the process of publishing a series of reports that are designed to help organizations…
Webinar: Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead
It's coming together The data from respondents (218) has been captured and analyzed [Sidebar: huge thanks to all – the final report should hit your inbox in early July. Also,…
A “Must-Have” AP Metric
Following up on Wednesday’s Monday Morning Query (Offering a "Monday" series on a Wednesday is what happens when you spend two full weeks at conferences in Orlando; it’s gonna leave…
MMQ – What is the “Must-Have” AP Performance Metric?
So, it is not Monday (where we occasionally publish our Monday Morning Query series) and this is the third AP/ePayables focused article in a row. Guilty as charged! This article…
Reflections on FUSION 2011 – Part 2
Before we get started with the article, I want to thank everyone who has taken the survey to my upcoming report so far – The response has been great, but…