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The emergence of innovative technologies in recent years has the potential to radically alter the way business is done. As enterprises intensify their focus on optimizing internal processes, modern Accounts Payable (“AP”) teams are now better positioned to advance beyond their transactional past and showcase their strategic value. Emerging technologies like Blockchain, Machine Learning, and [...]

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the report’s key findings. If you would like to get the full report, it is available for download here (registration required). Last week I talked about how [...]

Join us on Wednesday, July 11 at 2pm ET for a complimentary webinar presentation on our latest market research report, “The State of ePayables 2018 The Future of AP is Now,” sponsored by AvidXchange (click here to register). For most enterprises, the opportunity to transform and modernize the accounts payable (AP) organization is both significant and achievable [...]

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the report’s key findings. If you would like to get the full report, it is available for download here (registration required). The broad industry wide transformation that [...]

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the report’s key findings. If you would like to get the full report, it is available for download here (registration required). With the recent publishing of [...]

[Editor’s Note: Last month, the Ardent ePayables Research team met with leaders from Inspyrus, the California-based provider of an invoice automation and dynamic discounting, to learn about the company and its solutions. We spoke with Inspyrus Founder & CEO Nilay Banker, and Chief Marketing Officer & EVP, Chris Preston. The following is a recap of [...]

Last week I discussed ‘Taking Accounts Payable to the Next Level’ and transforming the accounts payable (“AP”) function from a tactical operation to a strategic one. I spoke about leveraging technology to facilitate this transition and the benefits to be gained. One of the biggest impediments to becoming more strategic is having to deal with [...]

With today’s article, we are excited to announce the publication of Ardent Partners’ latest AP research report, “The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now”, which is available for download here. Over the next few months, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the report. The speed of innovation within [...]

Zig Ziglar, famed American author and motivational speaker, once said “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” As AP organizations look to transform themselves from tactical business functions to more strategic ones, they need to take an introspective look at where they are today and what [...]

Procure-to-Pay (“P2P”) technology is currently riding a wave of innovation as more and more business executives (within both the procurement and finance functions) seek to not only make financial and purchasing transactions more efficient, but also seek to boost other areas of the organization via the robust nature of advanced P2P platforms. This point indicates [...]