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Payables Place First Thing: A Conversation with Andre Hoddevik, Secretary General for OpenPEPPOL

By Andrew Bartolini April 27, 2018Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Andre Hoddevik, the Secretary General for OpenPEPPOL (Pan-European Public Procurement Online), a European-based, non-profit international association whose purpose is to enable European…

The Corcentric Brand Unification: Setting a Strategy for Future Growth

By Andrew Bartolini April 23, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

A few weeks ago, Corcentric announced that they were combining business operations with its parent company, AmeriQuest Business Services, under the Corcentric company name (read Ardent’s initial coverage of the announcement from…

Payables Place First Thing: Intelligent AP – Maximizing Big Data

By Phil Bartolini April 20, 2018Articles, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

The emergence of innovative technologies in recent years has the potential to radically alter the way business is done. And, as enterprises intensify their focus on optimizing internal processes, modern…

Payables Place First Thing: Supply Chain Finance – Creating a Win-Win Situation for Buyers and Suppliers

By Andrew Bartolini April 13, 2018Articles, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

[Editor's Note: Ardent Partners' State of ePayables 2018 Research Survey is now LIVE. If you are a professional working in Accounts Payable (AP) or Finance, please consider taking this ~15…

NEW SURVEY: The “State of ePayables” 2018 Market Research Study

By Phil Bartolini April 12, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Even as other enterprise functions begin to adopt digital transformation strategies, the average accounts payable (AP) unit still faces a more traditional challenge: continuing to automate specific facets of invoice-…

Payables Place First Thing: Top Strategies for P2P Success

By Andrew Bartolini April 6, 2018Articles, Lists, People, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Last week I presented on a webinar with Zycus entitled ‘Design Thinking: Top Strategies for P2P Success’. The webinar contained some excellent practical and useful information that I thought would make for…

Payables Place First Thing: AP Automation: Beyond Transactional Efficiency

By Andrew Bartolini March 30, 2018Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy, Technology

Throughout my career, I’ve worked with hundreds of companies looking to automate their Accounts Payable operations. Typically, the organizations are drowning in paper, suffering from manual, time-consuming, costly, error-prone processes…

The Marketplace is the Future – A Briefing with Tradeshift

By Andrew Bartolini March 26, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The research team at Ardent Partners recently met with Tradeshift in its San Francisco headquarters. CEO and Chairman, Christian Lanng led the discussion attended by Chief Strategy Officer, Sarika Garg, Chief Marketing Officer, David Ahrens and other…

New Webinar from Ardent Partners: Top Strategies for P2P Success in the Mid-Market

By Phil Bartolini March 22, 2018Articles, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

The development of a Best-in-Class P2P program takes, among other things, sponsorship, effort, collaboration, vision, expertise, and a supporting technology infrastructure. Superior program design also remains a critical element in…

Payables Place First Thing: More Isn’t Necessarily Better When It Comes To Supplier Portals

By Andrew Bartolini March 9, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Welcome to Ardent Partners’ weekly “Payables Place First Thing” article series. This series will feature recent articles from our sister site Payables Place, which is the global source of ePayables news,…