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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 [...]

If you haven’t already, we invite you to participate in the 2019 edition of Ardent Partner’s annual State of ePayables research study. Below are three reasons, among many to take the survey now: As a thank you for participating in the research study, all participants will receive a complimentary copy of the final report when [...]

Publisher’s Note: I am very pleased to share with you Ardent Partners’ annual state of procurement research report, CPO Rising 2019. Those of you who have followed us over the years know that this report is a culmination of a year’s worth of research, conversations, and insights.  And, it is available now by clicking here.  In 2019, [...]

I hope that even casual readers of our sites know that my firm, Ardent Partners, has spent that past decade performing extensive market research in the areas of sourcing/procurement, accounts payable/payments, and contingent workforce/Future of Work. In that time, Ardent has benchmarked thousands of distinct organizations across all aspects of their programs. With such an extensive [...]

Contact: Andrew Bartolini                                          FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel.: 617-752-1728 Email: info@ardentpartners.com Date: 04/26/2019 Ardent Partners Announces “CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion” Report Publication Annual Procurement Benchmark Study Reports on the “State of” the Industry, Highlights the Challenges and Opportunities for Procurement to Achieve Next-Level Performance BOSTON — Ardent Partners, the premiere supply management research and advisory firm, is [...]

Ardent Partners conducts one accounts payable-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey (click here), you have an opportunity to help advance the collective knowledge of the entire “AP” profession AND get a full view into the current “State of Accounts Payable” when the report publishes. About This Year’s [...]

Where does the procure-to-pay (“P2P”) process begin? The answer probably depends on who you ask. Some will say sourcing is the starting point, others will say procurement, and still others might have another answer. However, where the P2P process ends is pretty straightforward, right? It is over once an invoice has been paid, right? Put [...]

The way enterprises do business has changed significantly over the past 15 years, and these shifts – in communication technologies, in business-to-business (B2B) commerce, and in financial tools, among others – have impacted few departments more completely than procurement and accounts payable (AP). As a result of today’s evolving business landscape and a focus on [...]

This week, we continue our journey through Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2019” (click to download) by looking at another key to success, that being data or information. In 2019, it is no longer ‘good enough’ for Accounts Payable (“AP”) departments to simply be proficient at processing invoices and payments. It is, however, [...]