accounts payable

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners is excited to announce the launch of its 2015 “State of ePayables” market research survey, available here. All participants of this landmark research survey will receive a complimentary copy of the resulting research report in late May. (While the survey is comprehensive, participants can expect to spend only 15 minutes of their time answering the [...]

Editor’s note: On April 16, Ardent Partners will host a complimentary webinar (sponsored by Concur) focused on the top trends in accounts payable for the year ahead (register at this link). Ahead of that presentation, run by Andrew Bartolini, Ardent’s chief research officer, and Christopher Dwyer, research director, we’re running a short series on the four [...]

As always, we’ve covered a lot of ground in the past few weeks on Payables Place. February drew to a close with a detailed look at the reasons to use a corporate travel card, as well as a two-part look at the true value of scan-and-capture invoicing. There were also some thoughts on how to [...]

Establishing and measuring relevant and actionable metrics is an important part of any business function since it provides the opportunity to set, track, and ultimately achieve goals and objectives while providing the key inputs to drive continuous improvement efforts. With process automation tools in place, an accounts payable (AP) department is significantly better able to [...]

The Accounts Payable Department Approach For many enterprises, the accounts payable department can be characterized as paper-laden and inefficient. Any function that operates in an almost or fully manual manner can make a straightforward business case for investment and change. An accounts payable department seeking to improve its performance has several key areas upon which [...]