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Leading Procurement Executives from Flex, Google, Biogen, and More Convene to Share Experiences and Best Practices BOSTON, November 8 — Today, more than 130 Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement executives convened at the historic Harvard Club in Boston to discuss best practices, learn the latest trends, and network and collaborate with like-minded peers. The [...]

The speed and complexity of business continue to accelerate, forcing Accounts Payable (AP) and finance professionals to adapt to new market conditions and react to new challenges and opportunities. The AP function has risen in stature, prominence, and impact within the enterprise over the past few years, but the larger opportunities for value creation still [...]

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 [...]

From new technology in finance automation to new strategies for growth and revenue, the B2B landscape has undergone mega-millennial modernization. A lot has happened. Are you caught up? Join Ardent Partners’ Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, and representatives from Corcentric on Thursday, December 15 at 2 PM EST on this free webinar, AP Automation 2017: [...]

In 2016, the accounts payable (“AP”) team is well positioned to move beyond providing value to the enterprise based on increased efficiency and towards becoming an intelligence hub for the organization at large. The AP teams that have their “eyes on the prize” now must aim to become the sort of strategic partner that can [...]

Editor’s Note: As 2015 draws to a close, it is the time of year when we revisit some of our best articles from the past year. Over the next week, the Payables Place team will wrap up its eight-part series on the “Best of 2015.” Today’s article is a case study from Concur Fusion 2015, which originally ran [...]

Today’s ever-changing and dynamic business world necessitates the alignment between an enterprise, its suppliers, and the myriad processes and capabilities that are required to effectively manage corporate spend. The overarching need to maintain visibility, that of the “360-degree kind,” is transforming the way the typical business views the inter-connectivity of its network of suppliers, partners, [...]