Innovation

Over the past month, the business world has seen “phased reopenings” introduce some semblance of normality to life, albeit against a backdrop (as of this week, unfortunately) of some regions across the world experiencing sharp upticks in the number of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases. Although the future is still unsettled, and, although most of [...]

[Editor’s Note: Download the State of ePayables 2020 market research report by clicking here] I am excited to announce the publication of Ardent Partners’ State of ePayables 2020 market research report. The theme of this 15th annual edition of the report is “Ensuring Continuity, Building Resiliency, and Rising to the Challenge”. This report presents a [...]

An interesting post from Chris Dwyer – the head of our Contingent Workforce Labor practice, at Ardent Partners. Chris’ blog, columns, and posts, appear regularly on our sister site www.cporising.com.   On the second Sunday in March, I awoke at 6am to begin my typical pre-gym routine. Before rushing out the door, I quickly checked [...]

Ardent’s FinTech Influencer Series highlights innovative voices in the world of Accounts Payable (“AP”) automation. This series is the go-to spot for progressive thoughts on how technology, transformational thinking, and revolutionary ideas are changing how AP work gets done. Continuing our FinTech Influencer Series, today we are speaking with Brian Anderson, Senior Manager, Accounts Payable at Verizon Media. [...]

(Publisher’s note: Our challenge to each reader is to pick and view one great CFO / CPO / Leadership session today. If you do, we bet you can’t just stop at one!)  Our inaugural CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series brought more than 2000 procurement, finance, and HR professionals together around the topics that matter to business leaders [...]

Continuity, Resilience, and Rising to the Challenge Editor’s Note: Join us next Tuesday, May 19 at 11am ET for a complimentary webinar presentation based on our upcoming flagship market research report “The State of ePayables 2020” sponsored by APEX Analytix (click here to register). The COVID-19 pandemic has forced enterprises across the globe to not [...]

In Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2020, our research indicated 55% of B2B payments were made electronically last year. The positive lining here is the percentage of B2B payments made electronically has been creeping up slowly over the last decade. Unfortunately, besides inertia, there is little sound business reason for North American businesses [...]

Today we continue our look at solving AP’s reliance on paper by looking at the second phase of the process: Invoice processing. The AP department is one of the last groups within many enterprises to operate using what are largely or fully-manual processes. These manually-intensive processes are more costly and take significantly more time to [...]

The Resiliency Imperative sessions finish the week in strong fashion with a discussion targeted to CFOs, CPOs, Treasurers, and any professional reporting into these executive job roles.  Tomorrow at 11 AM ET, we will be discussing The Role of Supply Chain Finance in Today’s COVID-19 World  (click to register) The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted enterprises all over [...]

Ardent Partner’s 2020 State of ePayables Survey is Now Open All Respondents Will Receive the Study When it Publishes in May (Click Here) Now in its 15th year, Ardent Partners annual ‘State of ePayables’ market research survey seeks to provide an industry-wide view into what is happening in the world of accounts payable today by [...]