Tradeshift, the San Francisco based provider of supply chain payments and marketplaces, yesterday announced the acquisition of Babelway, a provider of cloud integration technology. Babelway, which is headquartered in Belgium, with offices in the US, Australia, and Egypt, offers a SaaS-based integration platform that automates B2B data and documents. The solution allows organizations to automate [...]

For all of the discussion regarding the future, it would behoove contemporary Accounts Payable (“AP”) units to model the series of key capabilities, competencies, technologies, and solutions that enable leading AP organizations to achieve Best-in-Class performance, and prove that the team has the power to drive true value across the scope of greater business operations. [...]

Every day, solution providers continue to research, develop, and integrate “Industry 4.0” technologies, like 3-D printing, Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, cognitive capabilities, connected devices, and robotics within sourcing, procurement, and payables / accounts payables business tools, giving rise to a new generation of supply management tools, dubbed “Procurement 4.0.” Blockchain ledgers, in particular, now rival [...]

Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, P2P, and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts Payable, B2B Payments, or Spend Management solution provider and you have news to share with us, please drop us a note at editor at cporising dot [...]

[Editor’s Note: In Ardent’s “Supply Management Metrics that Matter in 2018” (click to download), we discuss the supply management industry’s best and most widely used metrics that can inform and educate procurement and AP professionals on what is happening in the market and how best to build a high-performing department.] The concept of an intelligent [...]

Last week, I discussed the challenges Accounts Payable (“AP”) and Procurement organizations face attracting talent in today’s hyper-competitive labor market. This week I want to cover the second half of the ‘New Approach to Procurement Talent Management’ session I moderated at Ardent Partners’ CPO Rising 2018 Summit in Boston last month. This portion of our [...]

Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, P2P, and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts Payable, B2B Payments, or Spend Management solution provider and you have news to share with us, please drop us a note at editor at cporising dot com. Thanks, [...]

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners is pleased to present its latest report, Five Signs You’re Ready for an AP Transformation, sponsored by Tipalti. If you are interested in reading more about this topic, be sure to download the full report by clicking here.] In today’s digital age, opportunities abound for enterprises to innovate and disrupt the [...]

A couple of weeks ago I had the honor of moderating a panel discussion on talent management at Ardent Partners’ CPO Rising 2018 Summit in Boston. My expert panel included Ryan Murray, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, New York City, Vincent Pernetti, Deputy Director of Contracts, New York City and Christopher J. Dwyer, VP of Research, [...]

Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, P2P, and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts Payable, B2B Payments, or Spend Management solution provider and you have news to share with us, please drop us a note at editor at cporising dot [...]