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The Accounts Payable Benchmarks in 2021
The performance of the typical AP function is rooted in its ability to effectively manage the many facets of the invoice and payment processes. To effectively drive AP forward into... Read more
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ePayables 2021: To Be Strategic, AP Must Act Strategic
Swagger is often an understated element of success. After all, nothing succeeds like success! Those that act like they can win and succeed are often those that perform the strongest... Read more
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ePayables 2021: Reporting and Analytics are Job One
While AP’s momentum continues to build, there is more work to be done to keep improving perceptions and have AP viewed more favorably within the enterprise. In 2021, AP groups... Read more
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20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – SirionLabs
Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site. That first 2020 series... Read more
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The Art and Science of Big Data Management
Perhaps more than ever, CPOs will need catalysts to drive their teams to the next level of performance. Ardent Partners’ 2020 procurement research asked 340 CPOs to identify the “game-changers” that will... Read more
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Payables Place First Thing: Data Mining and Data Scientists in AP? YES!
A few years ago the mere mention of data mining and data scientists in the same sentence as Accounts Payable (“AP”) would probably have gotten you puzzled and even concerned... Read more
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Monday First Thing: The Intersection of Data and Sourcing
Thank you to everyone who has taken our annual CPO Rising survey – we’ve decided to close the survey tomorrow night so if you have 12-13 minutes (average survey taker time),... Read more
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Data Driven
The world is becoming more and more data driven. As you surf the web today, many of the sites that you visit will utilize ad serving technology that will determine,... Read more
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Welcome to the New “State” of Contingent Workforce Management, Part IV: Big Data
[Today we have our fourth installment of our series focused on The State of Contingent Workforce Management, Ardent Partners’ landmark new research study. In this series, report author and Ardent... Read more
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The Age of Agile Analytics in Contingent Workforce Management
While we’ve covered the rise of “Big Data” in the world of complex spend management, there is something deeper occurring in the comprehensive layers of contemporary contingent workforce management as... Read more