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The State of ePayables 2018: 3 Things AP Can Do To Be More Strategic

By Andrew Bartolini July 6, 2018Articles, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…

The State of ePayables 2018: It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Paper Checks

By Andrew Bartolini June 29, 2018Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Payables Place First Thing: Exceptions are Meant for Learning, Not Repeating

By Andrew Bartolini June 22, 2018Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Last week I discussed ‘Taking Accounts Payable to the Next Level’ and transforming the accounts payable (“AP”) function from a tactical operation to a strategic one. I spoke about leveraging…

Payables Place First Thing: Taking Accounts Payable to the Next Level

By Andrew Bartolini June 15, 2018Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Zig Ziglar, famed American author and motivational speaker, once said “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” As AP organizations look…

Payables Place First Thing: How Much Time is Too Much Time to Spend with Your Suppliers?

By Andrew Bartolini June 8, 2018Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

This is actually a trick question…the answer depends on what you are spending your time discussing when you are with your suppliers. This is one of the topics we queried…

Payables Place First Thing: Tradeshift Introduces Supply Chain Finance Using Blockchain Technology

By Andrew Bartolini June 1, 2018Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Technology1 Comment

[Editor’s Note: Last week Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and Research Director, Bob Cohen, met with Tradeshift CEO Christian Lanng to discuss his company’s new announcement related to blockchain…

Payables Place First Thing: AvidXchange’s B2B Payments Revolution

By Andrew Bartolini May 25, 2018Articles, Events, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

AvidXchange held its annual user conference, Revolution 2018, in Chicago last week and we both attended the full conference and the pre-conference partner meetings. AvidXchange, a North Carolina-based provider of invoice automation…

Payables Place First Thing: Where is the Best Place to Begin an ePayables Automation Initiative?

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

It is generally agreed that ePayables automation includes three distinct processes – 1) Receive, 2) Process, and 3) Pay. There is value to an organization in automating each part of…

Nvoicepay and Inspyrus Partner on End-to-End AP Automation Solution

By Phil Bartolini May 9, 2018Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

The Ardent ePayables Research team recently met with Karla Friede, CEO and Co-Founder of Nvoicepay, Nilay Banker, CEO of Inspyrus, and Chris Preston EVP & Chief Marketing Officer at Inspyrus to discuss the companies’ recent partnership…

Payables Place First Thing: The Change in the ePayables Buying Process Over Time

By Andrew Bartolini May 4, 2018Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay

The way enterprises do business has changed significantly over the past 15 years and these shifts are reflected in the way ePayables and P2P solution providers go to market today.…