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Payables Place First Thing: B2B Payments…The Final Frontier of AP Automation

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 28, 2018Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay

In a world where the speed of business increases moment by moment, and the next big competitor is right around the corner, enterprises can ill afford to let business value…

What Are the Top Trends Transforming AP? (New Webinar)

By Phil Bartolini September 25, 2018Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Years ago, the Accounts Payable (“AP”) roadmap was incredibly clear: shore up inefficiencies, eliminate paper and manual-based processes, and turn to ePayables automation as a way to develop repeatable and…

The Age of Intelligence: Ascending to the Next Level of Procurement Performance – New WEBINAR!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 18, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Are you free next Tuesday, September 25 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time? Join Ardent Partners' Founder and Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, on a webinar entitled The Age of Intelligence:…

How Data in AP Can Drive Success for the Entire Business (New Webinar)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 17, 2018Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Editor’s Note: Do you want to learn more about Bob’s take on the importance of data within Accounts Payable, and how best to utilize that data to take AP to…

Building the SMB Case for Expense Management Automation

By Andrew Bartolini September 10, 2018Articles, Lists, Process, Strategy, Technology

For SMB leaders, time, money, and organizational focus must be balanced to ensure that the short-term needs of the business are addressed and that the long-term goals of the business…

Set Your Course for Procurement Transformation

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 6, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The fact of the matter is that most procurement organizations struggle to do things very well or even consistently well. Certainly there are groups (often referred to by Ardent Partners…

Turn the Big Data “Crisis” into Big Data Opportunities — Join us at CPO Rising 2018!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team September 5, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Big Data for Procurement -- Crisis, or Opportunity? With the rise of business process automation tools, cloud-based applications, mobile solutions, connected devices (i.e., the “Internet of Things”), and Big Data…

Free Research and a Chance to Register to Ardent’s Newest Webinar

By Phil Bartolini September 4, 2018Articles, Procure-to-Pay

In just over 24 hours, Ardent will begin a live, online discussion around its annual State of P2P market research study. This P2P-themed report is part of an ongoing dialogue…

Ardent Partners’ Autumn Events Round-Up

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 30, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, Events, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

As summer turns to fall, like so many leaves will do here in New England, we at Ardent Partners wanted to take a moment to round up and highlight some of…

NEW RESEARCH SURVEY: The State of Contingent Workforce Management

By Christopher Dwyer August 29, 2018Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Technology

From the procurement perspective, there is no more complex category of corporate spend than contingent labor. Once a simple indirect spend category that merely required some supplier optimization and eProcurement…