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ePayables 2014: The Quest – Top Priorities

By Andrew Bartolini July 25, 2014Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Ardent Partners recently published our annual ePayables report, “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” and like all of our payables reports this year the research is geared toward financial managers, executives, and…

CPO Rising’s 2014 Hot Tech Prospects – Taulia

By Andrew Bartolini July 15, 2014Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

In late June, the 30 NBA teams spent an evening drafting the top college and international prospects in the world of basketball. In many ways, selecting the right supply management…

Accounts Payable and Procurement Collaboration: Two Hearts Beat as One

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 8, 2014Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

Historically, AP and procurement teams have operated in business silos; each responsible for certain parts of the procure-to-pay (P2P) process, but rarely cooperating as true teammates. Perhaps it’s because they…

OpenText Analyst Day: Working to Make Other B2B Solutions Better

By Andrew Bartolini June 23, 2014Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

I recently attended OpenText's analyst day at the Ritz-Carlton in Boston where I gained my first broad introduction to the company, its solutions, and executive roster, including President and CEO…

It’s a Brand New Day: AP Skill Sets Must Evolve with Automation

By Andrew Bartolini June 13, 2014Articles, People, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Our 2013 annual ePayables study [Sidebar: watch Payables Place next week when we unveil this year's study] introduced accounts payable's new dawn wherein AP departments have realized the need to automate their…

Ariba LIVE 2014: “The Outcome Economy”

By Andrew Bartolini April 4, 2014Articles, Complex Categories, Events, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Ariba, an SAP company, hosted its 15th annual user conference - Ariba LIVE - March 17 - 19 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas with a…

Procure-to-Pay Metrics that Matter

By Andrew Bartolini March 21, 2014Articles, General, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

The procure-to-pay (P2P) process is growing in importance within many enterprises as we’ve noted in many articles including here and here. As with any business process, optimization is key to creating value throughout…

Three Must Know Stats about Electronic Payments

By Andrew Bartolini March 14, 2014Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

For any AP/Finance/Procurement/Shared Service professionals that enjoy our articles, please take a few minutes to share your insights by participating in our 2014 AP survey. Participants will receive the full…

eInvoicing – Creating Value for Suppliers

By Andrew Bartolini March 6, 2014Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

You are invited to participate in our annual AP Market Research, click here to take the survey. All participants get a free copy of the resulting report. In my earlier…

Driving Value through a Connected P2P Process – Part II: Hire a P2P Lead

By Andrew Bartolini February 24, 2014Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay1 Comment

We discuss the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process frequently on CPO Rising because of its central importance to Chief Procurement Officers and procurement operations. We also see it is as a “Hot…