Best Practices

Welcome to the third entry in a four-part series that previews Ardent Partners’ upcoming ePayments Rising research study. The pending research report, which is due to publish soon, highlights the evolving perception of electronic payment methods, their benefits and overall value, and how the rise in ePayment approaches actively contributes to the attainment of a [...]

It’s said that “a rising tide lifts all boats.” This is particularly true when it comes to standardizing and streamlining business processes; greater coordination between stakeholders results in situations where everyone the process touches wins in some way. This truth also extends to the procure-to-pay (P2P) process, which when improved accrues benefits to both internal [...]

Welcome to the second entry in a four-part series that previews Ardent Partners’ upcoming ePayments Rising research study. The pending research report, which is due to publish this summer, highlights the evolving perception of electronic payment methods, their benefits and overall value, and how the rise in ePayment approaches actively contributes to the attainment of [...]

Once upon a time, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) expended significant effort to automate business processes such as accounts payable (AP). With the advent of cloud solutions, this is no longer the case. SMBs no longer have to deal with inefficient, paper-based processes that are a waste of costly resources or long-running technology implementations. And [...]

Welcome to the first entry in a four-part series that previews Ardent Partners’ upcoming ePayments Rising research study. The pending research report, which is due to publish this summer, highlights the evolving perception of electronic payment methods, their benefits and overall value, and how the rise in ePayment approaches actively contributes to the attainment of [...]

Six weeks ago, President Obama announced the voluntary SupplierPay initiative. Already this week, we’ve gone over why the pledge matters in the first place and the technology tools that could make it happen, but I find myself wondering if this pledge means small businesses will actually get paid sooner or not. What is this SupplierPay [...]

The SupplierPay pledge that 26 large corporations signed in a July press conference at the White House has as one of its two tenets the need to craft financing solutions that allow small suppliers to get paid faster. Luckily, there are three technologies that—when implemented correctly—can allow large corporate buyers to give their small suppliers [...]

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 AP leaders, financial managers, executives, and those who aspire to these roles. The report presents a comprehensive overview of the state of accounts payable, as well as focusing on [...]

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 AP leaders, financial managers, executives, and those who aspire to these roles. The report presents a comprehensive overview of the state of accounts payable, as well as focusing on [...]

We’re living in a global economy. Raw materials mined in China are shipped to factories in Kenya and then the finished goods are sold in U.S. and Western European stores, among other global trade connections. It’s this globalization—and the recent credit crunch of the financial recession—that drives renewed focus on working capital management. You can’t [...]