Ardent Partners’ annual State of ePayables 2017 survey is now live – P2P professionals are invited to participate in this annual study. Complete the survey and get the final report (click to take it!) – Thank you!!!  In the past, the role of the AP operation focused primarily on data entry and manual activities. But [...]

Understanding the accounts payable (AP) department’s priorities can be an important first step in improving current AP operations and better aligning the function with core enterprise objectives. Figuring out the best way that those efforts can align with the near- and long-term goals of the AP department is just as important a step for any [...]

Ardent Partners’ annual State of ePayables 2017 survey is now live – P2P professionals are invited to participate in this annual study. Complete the survey and get the final report (click to take it!) – Thank you!!!  MineralTree adds PO Matching to AP Automation Solution MineralTree, the Cambridge, Massachusetts based accounts payable (AP) and payments [...]

Like the designated hitter and the use of sabermetrics in baseball, there are a number of game-changing innovations available to the modern accounts payable (AP) professional that can help get them to the big leagues. These innovations (and more advanced financial solutions) can help change the role of AP within an enterprise from a backroom [...]

The accounts payable (AP) function as a whole is in the midst of an automation transformation. And slowly but surely, the perception of AP is slowly changing as well. It is important for AP departments to continue to spearhead this shift and align the priorities of the AP department with the priorities of the entire business. [...]

Oildex Announces New Supplier Success Program On February 22, Oildex, a leading provider of oil and gas accounting software, announced its new supplier success program. Effective April 1, Oildex will offer a series of tools and services that will create more value for the 60,000 suppliers that currently participate in the Oildex program. This program [...]

Publisher’s Note: Today’s article is a preview from our recent report, Maximizing the Value of Accounts Payable Through Automation and Intelligence, sponsored by Certify. Interested readers can download this report by clicking here. Within the business world, how organizations succeed and grow depends very much on how they are able to energize their traditional, back-office functions into [...]

It is a new year, and in the evolving world of business, where more organizations are automating their processes, it is a wonder why accounts payable (AP) departments lag behind other functional areas in process automation. While manual, paper-based AP processes can “work” for a business, they do not work well enough for the modern [...]

Publisher’s Note: Last call to get our latest P2P research study available here (registration required). NvoicePay and Mastercard Integration will Speed Up Supplier Payments Process In January, Nvoicepay, the accounts payable automation software company for domestic and international b2b payments, recently announced that it will integrate Mastercard’s inControl for Commercial Payments as a way for businesses [...]

Please join us and U.S. Bank on Thursday, February 1 at 2 PM EST for a complimentary webinar based on our ePayables 2017 Technology and Innovation Outlook report. Click here to register! Andrew Bartolini, Ardent Partners’ Chief Research Officer and Managing Partner, will provide a technology and innovation outlook based on our vast repository of accounts payable [...]