Webinar

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners is pleased to present a new webinar, 3 Secrets of Best-in-Class AP Departments, sponsored by Bottomline Technologies. This webinar is scheduled for Thursday, September 19th at 2 PM ET. If you are interested in learning more, click here.] Best-in-Class Accounts Payable (“AP”) organizations have blazed the trail for all other groups, showing [...]

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners is pleased to present a new webinar, The 5 Habits of Highly Effective AP Departments, sponsored by Yooz. This webinar is scheduled for Thursday, September 12th at 2 PM ET. If you are interested in learning more, click here.] Accounts Payable’s destiny is almost within reach. The momentum behind the industry’s [...]

[Editor’s Note: Join us tomorrow, July 24 at 12pm ET, for a complimentary webinar presentation entitled “Is Your Procurement Team Best-in-Class? Four Key Enablers for Success” (click to register), sponsored by Canon and Tradeshift.] In 2019, the tried and true procurement strategies still work. But, it is clear today that the procurement profession needs new, [...]

Join us on Thursday, June 27 at 2pm ET, for a complimentary webinar presentation on our latest market research report “The State of ePayables 2019 Webinar” (click to register), sponsored by Certify. Ardent Partners recently published its State of ePayables 2019 Report, and one of the major themes we saw from this annual market research [...]

Transforming an AP operation takes a commitment of time, energy, and resources, and Ardent Partners research shows that, if done well, it is a worthwhile investment that can deliver long-term advantages. The initial gains from an AP transformation can be significant but, once process efficiencies have been achieved, AP leaders must continue to find new [...]

In 2019, the accounts payable (“AP”) team is well positioned to move beyond providing value to the enterprise based on increased efficiency and more towards becoming an intelligence hub for the organization at large. Leaders of these teams must now aim to become the sort of strategic partner that can showcase the AP unit’s usefulness [...]

The State of ePayables 2019 Webinar Click Here To Download The speed of innovation within the world of finance is accelerating and new technologies and strategies are emerging that will make a big impact on the accounts payable (“AP”) industry. Today, businesses and consumers are now fully-engulfed by technology and the data it both creates [...]

Ardent’s “State of Procurement” webinar (click to register!) is our annual look into the procurement function, analyzing the current capabilities in the areas of people, process, and technology. We also take a close look at the role of the Chief Procurement Officers (CPO) and the level of engagement and alignment this leader has within the enterprise today, as well [...]

For much of its history, the Accounts Payable (AP) function has processed invoices through a high-touch, mostly manual workflow. This has shifted in recent years with the rise of electronic invoicing (eInvoicing) solutions, but many AP departments, especially within small and medium-sized enterprises, still operate with a mostly manual invoice process. The fact remains that [...]

What can your AP team do to start 2019 on the right foot? On Tuesday, January 15 at 2:00 pm EST, join Ardent Partners’ Research Director and VP of Marketing, Robert Cohen, along with Basware’s VP of Purchase-to-Pay, Sami Peltonen, for an hour-long discussion on the Five Steps to Reach AP Excellence in 2019 (click to register).  While AP departments [...]