Editors Note: This article by John Yuva, Director of Research Operations at Ardent Partners, first appeared on November 11th on CPORISING.COM As Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and procurement practitioners move into the year ahead, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process – upstream, strategic sourcing and [...]
November 14, 2022
John Yuva
Best Practices, Technology
Given recent trends toward improving business processes in a bid to increase efficiencies and drive down costs, one wonders why more enterprises have not fully automated their AP processes. This is especially true in light of the challenges brought on by the pandemic, which made paper-based processes unworkable with the work-from-home mandates that most employers [...]
August 15, 2022
Andrew Bartolini
Best Practices, Research, Technology
[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its AP-themed report, “Accounts Payable 2022: Big Trends and Predictions”. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the report. Prediction #5: AP Becomes an Intelligence Hub AP sits on a veritable goldmine of data due to its direct access to [...]
March 7, 2022
Ardent Partners Analyst Team
Best Practices, News, Research, Technology
Ardent Partners’ Technology Round-Up Series returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates covering a few major announcements from 2022. If you are a solution provider in the spaces we cover , we’d love to hear from you. Please drop us a note at info at cporising dot com. Thanks, and enjoy! Coupa’s Launches [...]
February 18, 2022
Ardent Partners Analyst Team
News
The AP Metrics that Matter in 2022 eBook Ardent Partners is excited to announce the publication of its annual eBook, “Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2022”, which is available for download by business practitioners who have registered for our newsletter. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key data points [...]
February 7, 2022
Ardent Partners Analyst Team
Best Practices, Research, Technology
[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its Accounts Payable-themed report, “Accounts Payable 2022: Big Trends and Predictions”. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the report. The third year of the new decade begins much as last year did: with great uncertainty and a global pandemic that will [...]
February 2, 2022
Ardent Partners Analyst Team
Other
Ardent recently completed its annual AP-themed market research study, “The State of ePayables 2021: Operating in the New Normal”, which is part of an ongoing dialogue that the Ardent team has had with AP and finance leaders for more than a decade. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be discussing the results from this year’s study in [...]
July 28, 2021
Andrew Bartolini & Christopher Dwyer
Research
Ardent recently completed its annual AP-themed market research study, “The State of ePayables 2021: Operating in the New Normal”, which is part of an ongoing dialogue that the Ardent team has had with AP and finance leaders for more than a decade. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be discussing the results from this year’s study in [...]
July 22, 2021
Andrew Bartolini
Best Practices, Research, Technology
The benefits of automating the AP function have never been in question. The reason for doing so where never more obvious than over the past 16 months. Organizations that had already completed a digital transformation of accounts payable were better prepared to the harsh realities of a changed world that was thrust upon all of [...]
May 17, 2021
Andrew Bartolini & Bob Cohen
Best Practices, Solutions, Technology
The AP Metrics that Matter in 2021 eBook Ardent Partners is excited to announce the publication of its annual eBook, “Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2021”, which is available for download Click Here. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key data points from this eBook. Why The [...]
February 25, 2021
Ardent Partners Analyst Team
Best Practices, Research, Technology