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State of ePayables 2023: Paving the Way to a Smarter Future

State of ePayables 2023: Paving the Way to a Smarter Future

With the release of my 18th-annual Accounts Payable-themed report, my team and I continue our nearly two-decade-long dialogue with Accounts Payable (AP), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and other finance leaders. The report captures the experience, performance, perspective, and intentions of a wide range of AP departments via the response of 190 AP and finance professionals. The report [...]

October 12, 2023 Andrew Bartolini Best Practices, Process, Research, Technology 0

The Value of Analytical Thinking for the P2P Team

The Value of Analytical Thinking for the P2P Team

Our annual “State of ePayables” research survey is now open. Your responses will help us establish the Best-in-Class metrics that readers can use to benchmark the performance of their AP operations. If you have a few minutes, I encourage you to click here and take it. Thanks in advance! The tsunami of big data has broken [...]

March 29, 2016 Andrew Bartolini Research, Solutions, Technology 0

P2P News Roundup: SAP Acquires Roambi; BuyerQuest, Taulia Announce Partnership

P2P News Roundup: SAP Acquires Roambi; BuyerQuest, Taulia Announce Partnership

One of the more important jobs of the procure-to-pay (“P2P”) and accounts payable (“AP”) professional is keeping up with what is happening in the industry at large. This is critical for a few reasons, including skills development and the hunt for new technologies, but is sometimes difficult to do. That is why, every two weeks, [...]

March 4, 2016 Andrew Bartolini News, Solutions, Technology 0

P2P News Roundup: SAP Inks Payments Deal with First Data; Bottomline Announced Paymode-X Growth

P2P News Roundup: SAP Inks Payments Deal with First Data; Bottomline Announced Paymode-X Growth

One of the more important jobs of the procure-to-pay (“P2P”) and accounts payable (“AP”) professional is keeping up with what is happening in the industry at large. This is critical for a few reasons, including skills development and the hunt for new technologies, but is sometimes difficult to do. That is why, every two weeks, [...]

February 19, 2016 Andrew Bartolini News, Solutions, Technology 0

Accounts Payable Predictions for 2016: Greater Collaboration, More Automation

Accounts Payable Predictions for 2016: Greater Collaboration, More Automation

The accounts payable (“AP”) department has experienced a number of changes over the past 15 years. At first little more than a back-office function that processed invoices and supplier payments, AP has garnered new attention from executives looking to drive value from all corners of the enterprise. Enterprises have also begun to recognize the emerging [...]

January 27, 2016 Andrew Bartolini Process, Technology 0

ePayables 2015: AP’s Role in Collaborative P2P

ePayables 2015: AP’s Role in Collaborative P2P

It is with great pleasure that Ardent Partners announces the publication of its latest state of accounts payable (AP) research report—“ePayables 2015: Higher Ground.” Like the annual reports that came before it, the 2015 ePayables report focuses on the state of the AP function as well as assessing how AP teams leverage ePayables solutions to [...]

October 6, 2015 Andrew Bartolini Best Practices, Research, Solutions, Technology 0

Payables News Weekly: Basware Names New Customer Care Head; Federal Reserve Keeps Rates Low

Payables News Weekly: Basware Names New Customer Care Head; Federal Reserve Keeps Rates Low

One of the more important jobs of the accounts payable professional is keeping up with what is happening in the industry at large. This is critical for a few reasons, including skills development and the hunt for new technologies, but is sometimes difficult to do. That is why, each week, the team at Payables Place [...]

June 26, 2015 Andrew Bartolini News, Solutions 0

Mind the Gap: Social Media and the Procure-to-Pay Process

Mind the Gap: Social Media and the Procure-to-Pay Process

Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a brief series examining the problem of using social networking tools for procure-to-pay applications. This installment presents the issue at hand, using social media in a procure-to-pay context, and the next part of the series will discuss how to bridge the proverbial gap and make use of [...]

January 28, 2015 Andrew Bartolini Best Practices 0

Esker Wants to Take Over the Procure-to-Pay World

Esker Wants to Take Over the Procure-to-Pay World

The disconnected nature of many enterprise systems is a persistent challenge in the procure-to-pay (P2P) process automation world. Accounts payable runs through one system or maybe a backend ERP server and procurement and sourcing run through yet another discrete system or series of systems – all within the same enterprise. Esker (NYSE Euronext: ALESK) has [...]

October 6, 2014 Andrew Bartolini Solutions, Technology 0

Driving Value through a Connected P2P Process – Part II: Hire a P2P Lead

Driving Value through a Connected P2P Process – Part II: Hire a P2P Lead

We discuss the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process frequently on Payables Place because of its central importance to Chief Financial Officers and AP operations. We also see it is as a “Hot Button” issue for AP groups in 2014 and we see a its importance as part of larger trend of the convergence of finance and procurement. [...]

January 30, 2014 Andrew Bartolini Process 0