ePayables

If you haven’t already, we invite you to participate in the 2019 edition of Ardent Partner’s annual State of ePayables research study. Below are three reasons, among many to take the survey now: As a thank you for participating in the research study, all participants will receive a complimentary copy of the final report when [...]

Over the past couple of months I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with many AP professionals at solution provider user conferences, industry trade shows, and via inbound inquiries to Ardent Partners. One thing has become apparent from these conversations, not everyone knows about and understands exactly what Virtual Cards (V-cards) are and how they work. [...]

Publisher’s Note: I am very pleased to share with you Ardent Partners’ annual state of procurement research report, CPO Rising 2019. Those of you who have followed us over the years know that this report is a culmination of a year’s worth of research, conversations, and insights.  And, it is available now by clicking here.  In 2019, [...]

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Todd Albers, Senior Payments Consultant at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis about creating a framework to address E-Invoicing in the United States. Todd will be giving a session on this topic on May 14th at the Exchange Summit Conference in Miami and I thought this would [...]

Business pressures and needs have changed over the past five years such that product lifecycles are shorter and market swings are wider than ever before. The pace of business has increased to the point where many enterprises realize that they can no longer afford to go it alone. At the same time, Ardent Partners research [...]

I hope that even casual readers of our sites know that my firm, Ardent Partners, has spent that past decade performing extensive market research in the areas of sourcing/procurement, accounts payable/payments, and contingent workforce/Future of Work. In that time, Ardent has benchmarked thousands of distinct organizations across all aspects of their programs. With such an extensive [...]

Some of the Ardent Partners analyst team (Bob Cohen & myself) journeyed to Chicago last week to attend Basware’s North American User Conference, Basware Connect, one of the few user conferences that is positioned for both procurement and AP professionals. Here are some key takeaways: Visible Commerce The Day One Keynote was delivered by Eric [...]

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Chauncey St. John, Senior Customs Operations Manager and former Global Process Leader Healthcare, Source-to-Pay, GE Global Operations USA, about designing, pitching, and executing an eInvoicing strategy. Chauncey will be giving a session on this topic on May 14th at the Exchange Summit Conference in Miami and I [...]

Two companies, a similar task, different corporate cultures, and diametrically opposite results. Over the past few weeks, we presented a case study on the specific experiences of two rival companies and their implementations of similar supply management technology suites. Specifically, we looked at the impact that the existing corporate culture had on the implementation and overall [...]

Ardent Partners conducts one accounts payable-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey (click here), you have an opportunity to help advance the collective knowledge of the entire “AP” profession AND get a full view into the current “State of Accounts Payable” when the report publishes. About This Year’s [...]