Last week we discussed the relationship between the Time Value of Money (TVM) and capturing supplier discounts. This week we continue our conversation on discounts by taking a look at Dynamic Discounting and Supply Chain Finance (SCF). These two concepts are used interchangeably by some, and are no doubt closely related, but each has its’ [...]
October 22, 2018
Ardent Partners Analyst Team
Process, Technology
Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, procure-to-pay (P2P), and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts Payable (AP), 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 [...]
October 19, 2018
Philip Bartolini
News, Solutions
What do early payment discounts and the ‘Time Value of Money’ have to do with one another? In a word, everything. If you’re in Accounts Payable (“AP”) or P2P, you may have never associated one with the other. But they are very much intertwined in the entire ePayables process. In my experience, core finance concepts [...]
October 15, 2018
Ardent Partners Analyst Team
Process, Technology
Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, procure-to-pay (P2P), and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts Payable (AP), 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 [...]
October 12, 2018
Philip Bartolini
News, Solutions, Technology
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve discussed payments automation as being the final frontier of Accounts Payable (“AP”) Automation, along with how electronic payments can be a source of value to organizations. This week, I wanted to delve into one of the biggest challenges facing AP departments with respect to payments, that being exceptions, [...]
October 8, 2018
Ardent Partners Analyst Team
Best Practices, Research
Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, procure-to-pay (P2P), and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts Payable (AP), 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 [...]
October 5, 2018
Philip Bartolini
News, Solutions
Accounts Payable is one of the few areas within a business that relies on third parties to adopt and use its solutions. In this regard, it is important for AP to have good engagement with its suppliers. The speed of business is much faster today, and generally requires a high level of engagement and alignment [...]
October 3, 2018
Philip Bartolini
Other
Where does the most money flow out of an organization? No, it’s not fraud, theft, or even sales meetings. The simple answer is Accounts Payable (“AP”). Since AP pays all the bills of an enterprise, it is not surprising that more money flows out of it than any other part of the organization. Over the [...]
October 1, 2018
Ardent Partners Analyst Team
Best Practices, Process
Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, procure-to-pay (P2P), and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts Payable (AP), 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 [...]
September 28, 2018
Philip Bartolini
News, Solutions, Technology
[Editor’s Note: This is the last week you will be able to download Ardent Partners’ annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Download the report before it’s gone! By now, we’ve already discussed the stats: 52% of organizations polled during our annual survey perceive the accounts payable (AP) function as [...]
September 26, 2018
Philip Bartolini
Process, Research, Technology