ePayables 2018

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “best of” 2018 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.  Most people rightfully assume an unpaid invoice is a liability. After all, an invoice means you or your organization owe another organization or person payment [...]

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. [...]

[Editor’s Note: This is the last week you will be able to download Ardent Partners’ annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Download the report before it’s gone! By now, we’ve already discussed the stats: 52% of organizations polled during our annual survey perceive the accounts payable (AP) function as [...]

In a world where the speed of business increases moment by moment, and the next big competitor is right around the corner, enterprises can ill afford to let business value slip through their fingers. This is, however, what many Accounts Payable (“AP”) organizations have done by allowing manual, paper-based methods to persist in their supplier [...]

Years ago, the Accounts Payable (“AP”) roadmap was incredibly clear: shore up inefficiencies, eliminate paper and manual-based processes, and turn to ePayables automation as a way to develop repeatable and scalable operations. Although full AP automation is still the exception instead of the norm, many organizations have followed this roadmap and see success as a [...]

Most people rightfully assume an unpaid invoice is a liability. After all, an invoice means you or your organization owe another organization or person payment for goods or services they provided to you or your firm. Payment terms are almost always stated on the invoice and typically specify that the buyer has a maximum number [...]

Editor’s Note: Join us on Thursday, September 13 at 2pm ET for a complimentary webinar presentation based on our flagship market research report, “The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now,” sponsored by Bottomline Technologies (click here to register). Today, the typical Accounts Payable (“AP”) team continues to work slowly, but surely, [...]

Ardent Partners’ 13th annual “State of ePayables” Report, written by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and Research Director, Bob Cohen, presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the world of Accounts Payable today, by drawing on the experience, performance, and perspective of AP and finance executives. Now is your opportunity to hear [...]

While the accounts payable (“AP”) function has long been one of the last bastions of manual processes in an enterprise, we have started to see a small technological evolution that has transitioned the AP industry away from manual tasks that have proved to be both time consuming and costly. The pressure to automate operations – [...]

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the report’s key findings. If you would like to get the full report, it is available for download here (registration required).] The discussion of where Accounts Payable [...]