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New Report Addresses the ePayables Technology Landscape BOSTON, MA, April 6, 2021 — Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced today that its new ePayables Technology Advisor report, which analyzes and evaluates the accounts payable (AP) solutions marketplace, is now available. The 2021 ePayables Technology Advisor (click to download) is the market-leading technology assessment [...]

This is the last week you will be able to download Ardent Partners’ annual AP-themed eBook, The Accounts Payable Metrics that Matter in 2021. Download the eBook before it’s gone! The Accounts Payable function has risen in stature, prominence, and impact within the enterprise over the past few years, but the larger opportunities for value [...]

A massive shift is underway in organizational employment practices. In 2021, Ardent Partners’ research AP Metrics that Matter in 2021 eBook, shows that the non-employee workforce has reached a “tipping point” with 43.5% of today’s total workforce considered “non-employee.” The non-employee workforce, aka ‘Gig Workers’, is clearly on the rise as the graphic above points [...]

The AP Metrics that Matter in 2021 eBook Ardent Partners is excited to announce the publication of its annual eBook, “Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2021”, which is available for download Click Here. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key data points from this eBook. Why The [...]

A decade ago, the idea that an AP operation could be effective and efficient in supporting strategic business objectives while working as a key collaborator with both internal stakeholders and external suppliers may not have been impossible, per se, but it was highly unlikely. Today, that level of performance is more than possible. In fact, [...]

Join Ardent Partners on Thursday, February 11th at 2 PM ET for our Accounts Payable Metrics that Matter webinar, sponsored by DataServ. The Coronavirus pandemic has taken no prisoners and impacted businesses of all sizes, in all regions. The impact has been felt within the enterprise and across the financial supply chain. These disruptive days have [...]

In preparation for the release of Ardent’s upcoming “Accounts Payable Metrics that Matter in 2021” eBook, please join us for a new webinar, where Bob Cohen will be discussing all of the key data. This webinar, hosted by Transcepta is scheduled for Wednesday, February 10th @ 1 PM ET (click to register). Access to accurate [...]

Accounts payable excellence is founded on the critical, day-to-day components of its operations, processes, and overall program management. As AP departments seek to advance their position and improve performance, it needs to take certain steps in order to enable this transformation. The following strategies will support greater success as the enterprise ensures continuity, builds resilience, [...]

20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Esker Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site. That first 2020 series focused on the key themes and ideas that Chief Procurement Officers and Chief Financial Officers should have [...]

Across every enterprise function, a real impact has been felt by the pandemic fallout. Procurement faces supply chain disruptions, finance must ensure there is funding to support operations, product management must rethink the pace and timing of development projects, IT needs the technology and infrastructure to support work from home directives, and HR faces unforeseen [...]