Ardent Partners’ Monthly Webinar Series

Scaling AP Without Scaling Complexity

Wednesday, July 15th @ 2:00 PM ET

Building a Modern AP/P2P Operation That Can Support Growth, Improve Control, and Increase Efficiency

As organizations grow, AP and P2P become more difficult to manage. Supplier counts increase, business units expand, invoice volumes rise, and processes that once worked begin to strain under the weight of greater complexity. The challenge is not simply processing invoices—it is building an operation that can scale efficiently while maintaining visibility, consistency, and control.

Join Ardent Partners for a practical discussion on building a modern, scalable AP operation. We will explore the organizational, process, and technology decisions that help AP teams support growth, improve performance, and establish a foundation for long-term success.

Drawing from a recent AP transformation at FirstCash, attendees will gain an inside look at how one organization centralized AP operations, standardized processes, and built a scalable model capable of supporting a highly distributed business environment. Nick Nolan, U.S. Controller at FirstCash, will share lessons learned, key decisions, and practical insights that AP leaders can apply within their own organizations.

What You’ll Learn
• How to centralize AP processes while improving visibility, consistency, and control
• Strategies for supporting organizational growth without increasing operational complexity
• The people, process, and technology decisions that create a scalable AP foundation
• Lessons learned from a real-world AP transformation completed in less than a year
• Practical best practices that AP leaders can apply immediately within their own organizations

Whether you are planning a P2P transformation, supporting rapid growth, or looking to improve operational efficiency, this webinar will provide practical guidance and proven lessons from the front lines.

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The Path to AI-First Procurement

Thursday, July 16th @ 11:00 AM ET

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming procurement, but technology alone is not enough. As organizations accelerate their AI initiatives, many continue to struggle with disconnected workflows, fragmented data, and operational processes that were never designed for intelligent, scalable execution.

Join Andrew Bartolini, Founder and Chief Research Officer for Ardent Partners, and Vishal Patel, SVP, Product and Customer Marketing for Ivalua, on July 16th (11 AM ET) for an exclusive webinar exploring the findings from its latest research, The Path to AI-First Procurement. This session examines the gap between AI ambition and organizational readiness, revealing what separates AI leaders from those still stuck in the pilot phase.

Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how procurement organizations are embedding AI into Source-to-Pay processes, governance models, and decision-making frameworks. The discussion will also explore the critical role of connected data, workflow orchestration, and human oversight in building an AI-first procurement function.

If your organization is evaluating, deploying, or scaling AI, this webinar will provide practical insights into the capabilities, strategies, and operational foundations needed to turn AI potential into measurable business value.

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Procurement at the speed of AI. The mid-market shift from agents to autonomous flow.

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