Monday First Thing

I’ve been working with Accounts Payable (“AP”) professionals for almost 15 years now, and it never ceases to amaze me how infrequently they get the recognition and credit they wholeheartedly deserve. More often than not, AP only gets mentioned when there is a problem. Maybe a vendor has not been paid and is looking for [...]

It is sometimes easy to forget that when you work in an industry that delivers regular incremental innovation, that the aggregate steps taken forward can be quite significant. This is very true in the world of accounts payable (AP) where the common misconception is that not much has changed over the past ten years. Invoices [...]

My name is Bob Cohen, newly-hired as research director at Ardent Partners. I’m excited to lead and expand Ardent’s ePayables (Accounts Payable) research practice and leverage the knowledge and experience I have acquired after more than 15 years working in the AP industry. As a former client and longtime consumer of Ardent’s, I can also [...]