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The accounts payable (“AP”) department has experienced a number of changes over the past 15 years. At first little more than a back-office function that processed invoices and supplier payments, AP has garnered new attention from executives looking to drive value from all corners of the enterprise. Enterprises have also begun to recognize the emerging [...]

It’s no secret that today’s non-employee workforce—comprised of temporary staff, freelancers, independent talent, and professional services—is rapidly growing and evolving. As businesses continue to manage the “war for talent,” they are actively finding that flexible, contingent workers hold the necessary skillsets and expertise for critical enterprise projects and initiatives. With the non-employee workforce moving to [...]

Editor’s Note: For all you accounts payable managers who must leverage contingent talent, we thought this article would be of interest. We’ve all heard the meteorologists talk about it as if it were the end of times, or even a signal that the Earth’s climate issues are worsening by the year. The “polar vortex” is [...]

We’ve seen some great articles already this year from the Payables Place team, and the past two weeks hasn’t been any different. From a two-part series on mobility and complex spend, to a look ahead at business travel in 2015, the last two weeks served up hot, fresh news and research. Now check out the [...]

Today marks the end of the first full week of 2015, and the second week that Payables Place has posted every weekday. We’re planning to keep this schedule going, so make sure to check back every weekday for fresh news and research articles from the Ardent Partners team. That bit of self-promotion aside, we’ve covered [...]

[Editor’s Note: Today, the second day of 2015, we wrap up our best of 2014 series with our look at the U.S. government’s SupplierPay pledge, which originally appeared on August 25.] On July 11, President Obama announced the SupplierPay pledge. Based on the federal government’s QuickPay initiative, which is designed to pay small federal suppliers more quickly, the [...]

The realm of “visibility” is a complicated one for many enterprises as they attempt to drive a full picture of various aspects of their respective organizations. The pressure of business development and ultimate corporate growth will also sometimes stand in the way of enhancing internal visibility, as most Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) will find their [...]

Posted by Andrew Bartolini & John Yuva It may be December, but that doesn’t mean merger and acquisition activity has ceased. This week, news broke that Coupa Software, a leader in business spend management, entered into an agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm. Valued at $8.0 billion, Coupa will [...]

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its AP-themed report, “Accounts Payable 2022: Big Trends and Predictions”. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the report. Prediction #8: AP Will Help Manage the Extended Workforce Ardent’s research has shown that 46.5% of the average company’s total workforce [...]

(Posted by Chris J. Dwyer) No matter how far you scroll on any preferred social media platform, there is one common news items that dominates the day (well, besides the United States election, of course). For the past seven-plus months, the world has been inundated with the social, personal, and business ramifications from a global [...]