Technology

Ardent’s AP Quarterly Webinar Series, A Buyers’ Guide to AP Automation in 2021, continues Wednesday, April 7th at 2 PM ET. Click here to register. Join Ardent’s VP of Research, and head of our ePayables practice Bob Cohen, along with special guests for a discussion on selecting the right AP automation solution for your organization. While this [...]

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, [...]

Shannon Adler, inspirational author, once said “If you don’t believe the impossible can happen, then you are right.” The AP team faces several key obstacles on the road to achieving greater relevance and impact within the enterprise. These include exceptions, the high cost of invoice processing, the length of time it takes for an invoice [...]

Warren Buffet, the legendary investor once said “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” What does this have to do with Accounts Payable? Everything. Now is the perfect time to look forward and plan what you want AP to look like tomorrow and into the future. Developing [...]

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 [...]

Daniel Yergin, the Pulitzer-prize winning author, speaker, energy expert, and economic historian once said that “people always underestimate the impact of technology.” One group not taking anything for granted are the ‘Best-in-Class’ performers in the world of accounts payable.  Ardent Partners defines ‘Best-in-Class’  performance in our research reports as the 20% of enterprises with the [...]