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Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the report’s key findings. If you would like to get the full report, it is available for download here (registration required). With the recent publishing of [...]

Last week I discussed ‘Taking Accounts Payable to the Next Level’ and transforming the accounts payable (“AP”) function from a tactical operation to a strategic one. I spoke about leveraging technology to facilitate this transition and the benefits to be gained. One of the biggest impediments to becoming more strategic is having to deal with [...]

With today’s article, we are excited to announce the publication of Ardent Partners’ latest AP research report, “The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now”, which is available for download here. Over the next few months, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the report. The speed of innovation within [...]

Even as other enterprise functions begin to adopt digital transformation strategies, the average accounts payable (AP) unit still faces a more traditional challenge: continuing to automate specific facets of invoice- and payment-processing while breaking free from the back office. But, AP executives must also keep an eye towards the future and plan for the next [...]

Supply Chain Finance (SCF) is something that we are being asked about much more today than we have in the past. Many of the practitioners we speak with have heard the term Supply Chain Finance, but are not exactly sure how, and if, it pertains to them, and if it is something they need to [...]

Throughout my career, I’ve worked with hundreds of companies looking to automate their Accounts Payable operations. Typically, the organizations are drowning in paper, suffering from manual, time-consuming, costly, error-prone processes with little or no real visibility into outstanding liabilities and limited to no cash management practices in place. When I’ve engaged these organizations they almost [...]

The research team at Ardent Partners recently met with Tradeshift in its San Francisco headquarters. CEO and Chairman, Christian Lanng led the discussion attended by Chief Strategy Officer, Sarika Garg, Chief Marketing Officer, David Ahrens and other members of the Tradeshift team. The meeting was an informal session that morphed into a larger pre-briefing ahead of some company announcements [...]

The current issues of the day, such as the evolution of networks and continued impact of mobility and other types of innovation, dominate long-term business planning. After all, no true organizational leader wants to ignore what’s happening outside of their company, especially if modern advancements are to play a vital role in the very future [...]

It is sometimes easy to forget that when you work in an industry that delivers regular incremental innovation, that the aggregate steps taken forward can be quite significant. This is very true in the world of accounts payable (AP) where the common misconception is that not much has changed over the past ten years. Invoices [...]

Looking for ways to improve operations and automate Accounts Payable never goes out of style. Some companies have already started this journey while others are just beginning. With that in mind, join Ardent Partners’ Research Director, Bob Cohen and Anna Tujunen, Product Lead at Dooap, on Wednesday, February 7th at 12:00 pm EST for a [...]