Innovation

Another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast features a conversation with Rob Israch, Chief Marketing officer of global payables automation solution Tipalti. Rob joins me to discuss why payments (and payment management) are so critical in the face of incredible contingent workforce and freelancer growth. Rob and I chat about why payments are linked to the candidate [...]

Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, P2P, and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts Payable, B2B Payments, or Spend Management solution provider and you have news to share with us, please drop us a note at editor at cporising dot [...]

Organizations today and for the foreseeable future must have visibility into supplier and third-party operations in order to mitigate risks and achieve compliance. But, that is often easier said than done. The visibility challenge is compounded by the growing volume of data flooding the typical accounts payable and procurement organizations from multiple, disparate systems. Spend, [...]

One never really knows what the coming business environment will hold. We are in the midst or quite possibly at the tail end of one of the longest market expansions in modern times. History tells us one thing, nothing lasts forever. Given this undeniable truth, it behooves organizations to plan and take appropriate steps for [...]

Smart business leaders perpetually pursue the ideal way of getting things done. To succeed, they know that they must execute a series of transformational strategies with supporting technology to optimize their specific processes, programs, and overall capabilities…and then remain open to new ways to push the envelope. Similar opportunities await forward-thinking AP leaders who pursue [...]

Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool new thing everyone’s talking about but hardly anyone’s doing — it’s real, and it’s happening. When mated with other emerging technologies and innovations, like connected [...]

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners is pleased to present a new webinar, 3 Secrets of Best-in-Class AP Departments, sponsored by Bottomline Technologies. This webinar is scheduled for Thursday, September 19th at 2 PM ET. If you are interested in learning more, click here.] Best-in-Class Accounts Payable (“AP”) organizations have blazed the trail for all other groups, showing [...]

What makes Best-in-Class organizations different than other organizations? While there are many different traits and characteristics you could point to, the one that stands out, above all else, is not being satisfied with the status quo or to put it a different way, looking for a better way to get things done. One key way [...]

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Christiaan van der Valk, Vice President of Strategy for Sovos, as well as the Chair for the Public Policy Working Group and Executive Committee Member of EESPA. We discussed how to keep your E-Invoicing compliant amid global compliance chaos. Christiaan will be giving a session on this [...]

Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been discussing topics such as creating an intelligent Accounts Payable (“AP”) operation and turning data into value. Transforming AP from a transactional department into a more strategic, value-adding business function requires a change of mindset when it comes to the management of data. Modern AP teams need to [...]