M & A(riba) – SAP’s Big Bet
Building on our "instant analysis" of SAP's multi-billion dollar bid for Ariba, we've now come back with a comprehensive report that covers the deal in greater detail. THE NEWS: SAP…
Introducing Payables Place
For the past six years, the analysts (Andrew Bartolini & Vishal Patel) at Ardent Partners have been closely covering the ePayables (or AP Automation) market. During that time, we've published…
Sourcing for Value: Using Non-Price Attributes to Find the Best Suppliers
We recently published a series focused on the use of non-price attributes to improve the sourcing and supplier selection process. And now, that series has spawned a webinar and a…
Instant Analysis: Acquisition in the Clouds – SAP to Acquire Ariba for $4.3 Billion
The procurement-themed events held at SAP's SAPPHIRE in Orlando last Monday night were abuzz with the rumor that SAP was going to make a huge cloud procurement announcement the next…
ePayables 101: Graduation
Congratulations! If you've read the links below, you have successfully completed CPO Rising's ePayables 101 course, an immersion program focused on AP Automation and Transformation. The Challenges The Opportunities The…
ePayables 101: More Metrics
 ePayables 101 - More Metrics Today we’ll look at the other key metrics (besides the average cost per invoice discussed last time) that can help an AP department better understand…
ePayables 101: The Approach
We continue to build out our ePayables 101 series with this article focused on how to begin a push for AP transformation or "The Approach" (The first two articles are…
ePayables 101: The Opportunities
ePayables 101 – The Opportunities Last time, the ePayables 101 series began with a look at some (but, not all) of the key challenges facing the average accounts payable organization…
ePayables 101: The Challenges
As I mentioned last time, we are dedicating this week to ePayables by presenting a "course" - ePayables 101 - that is intended as a reference and on-going resource for…
Using ePayables to Enable Trade Finance and Optimize Working Capital
With an exciting new report from Vishal Patel, Ardent Partners' Research Director focused on ePayables in the offing and an exciting new ePayables-related venture soon to be announced, we've decided…