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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 [...]

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 [...]

When last we talked about Nipendo (Nipendo: A Not-So-Little Business Network with Big Dreams), it was a general discussion about the company and its growth trajectory. Today, I’d like to dive a bit deeper into Nipendo Supplier Cloud, the company’s flagship business network. Business networks, as we’ve previously explained (What Every Executive Should Know about [...]

Complexity is the name of the game in today’s globalized, interconnected business world. Who companies are connected to and how you communicate and collaborate matters more than ever. This means that whether you’re a Fortune 50 manufacturer or a Global 2000 CPG firm, you need to pay your suppliers in a reasonable timeframe. There are [...]

There’s no question that the realm of complex spend management has evolved in recent years, with categories such as business travel (and expense management) and corporate meetings and events not only drawing more financial attention due to increasing budget, but also the “reach” of these categories across the contemporary enterprise. The world of business travel [...]

Basware (Helsinki: BAS1V) is having a good year. The eInvoicing provider announced their second-quarter results on July 10 (our sister site, CPO Rising, also covered this announcement), noting an increase in operating profit of 26.9% over the year-ago period. The results become even more impressive when you look at the first half of the year—Basware [...]

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 [...]

We reported on July 1 that Lexmark International (NYSE: LXK) upped their bid for ReadSoft (NASDAQ OMX: RSOF-B) in the face of competition from Ohio-based Hyland Software’s UK business unit. It turns out that on July 7, Hyland upped their bid again to 45 kronor per share and stated that they now control 10.9% of ReadSoft’s stock [...]

Earlier this week, Lexmark (NYSE: LXK) announced that it had commenced a cash tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of  ReadSoft (NASDAQ OMX: RSOF-B), a Sweden-based provider of AP automation and document management solutions. ReadSoft was founded in 1991 and has approximately 625 employees. The company is headquartered in Helsingborg, Sweden. The offer [...]