Before we get down to serious business, I thought I would start off with a fun fact about Earth Day: Why is Earth Day Celebrated on April 22nd? The April 22 date was selected in part because it fell between colleges’ spring break and final exams, and also from the observance of Arbor Day, which [...]

Over the past year, the challenges of maintaining business continuity with outdated technology and processes were experienced by far too many organizations. Along with this, the problem of manual processes was never more apparent and exposed enterprises that were still relying on paper to get things done. However, with every challenge comes a corresponding opportunity, [...]

Ardent Partners is pleased to announce that the survey for our annual “State of ePayables” report is now open. If you have 15 minutes to spare today or later this week to complete the survey, our team would be most appreciative. The COVID-19 global pandemic created new issues and challenges for AP and Finance organizations [...]

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 [...]

[Editor’s Note: Click here to register to Ardent’s upcoming webinar, The Automation Imperative: 5 Ways Accounts Payable Must Adapt for Success, sponsored by Nvoicepay.] If AP is going to move to the next level of performance within the enterprise, the function must develop the capabilities to get them there. Technology is a core component of [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]