Innovation

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 [...]

Contact: Andrew Bartolini                                          FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel.: 617-752-1728 Email: info@ardentpartners.com Date: 04/26/2019 Ardent Partners Announces “CPO Rising 2019: #ValueExpansion” Report Publication Annual Procurement Benchmark Study Reports on the “State of” the Industry, Highlights the Challenges and Opportunities for Procurement to Achieve Next-Level Performance BOSTON — Ardent Partners, the premiere supply management research and advisory firm, is [...]

Ardent’s “State of Procurement” webinar (click to register!) is our annual look into the procurement function, analyzing the current capabilities in the areas of people, process, and technology. We also take a close look at the role of the Chief Procurement Officers (CPO) and the level of engagement and alignment this leader has within the enterprise today, as well [...]

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 [...]

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 com. Thanks, [...]

For much of its history, the Accounts Payable (AP) function has processed invoices through a high-touch, mostly manual workflow. This has shifted in recent years with the rise of electronic invoicing (eInvoicing) solutions, but many AP departments, especially within small and medium-sized enterprises, still operate with a mostly manual invoice process. The fact remains that [...]

As I’ve written about the last few weeks, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Robotic Process Automation are having an impact on Accounts Payable (“AP”), and will continue to do so at an even greater pace moving forward. Today, we are going to take a look at another technology, predictive analytics, which holds great promise not [...]

Last week, Corcentric, Inc, the New Jersey-based provider of financial process automation and procure-to-pay (P2P) solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Determine, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTRM), the Indiana-based provider of contract management and source-to-settle solutions for the cloud. The deal is worth roughly $32 million and is expected to close within the [...]

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 com. Thanks, [...]