Solution Providers

[Editor’s Note: Click here to register to Ardent’s upcoming webinar, The Automation Imperative: 5 Ways Accounts Payable Must Adapt for Success, sponsored by Nvoicepay.] If AP is going to move to the next level of performance within the enterprise, the function must develop the capabilities to get them there. Technology is a core component of [...]

Ardent’s AP Quarterly Webinar Series, A Buyers’ Guide to AP Automation in 2021, continues Wednesday, April 7th at 2 PM ET. Click here to register. Join Ardent’s VP of Research, and head of our ePayables practice Bob Cohen, along with special guests for a discussion on selecting the right AP automation solution for your organization. While this [...]

Accounts payable excellence is founded on the critical, day-to-day components of its operations, processes, and overall program management. As AP departments seek to advance their position and improve performance, it needs to take certain steps in order to enable this transformation. The following strategies will support greater success as the enterprise ensures continuity, builds resilience, [...]

20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Esker Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that we used to launch this site. That first 2020 series focused on the key themes and ideas that Chief Procurement Officers and Chief Financial Officers should have [...]

[Editor’s Note: Join us this Tuesday, December 8 at 2pm ET for a complimentary webinar presentation called 5 Strategies for Ensuring AP Success in 2021, sponsored by Metaviewer. Click here to register.] Please join us tomorrow December 8th at 2pm ET when Ardent’s own Bob Cohen, will present the findings and lessons learned from their 15th annual [...]

[Editor’s Note: Join us this Wednesday, November 11 at 2pm ET for a complimentary webinar presentation called Why You Need AP Automation For 2021, sponsored by Medius. Click here to register.] If AP is going to move to the next level of performance within the enterprise, the function must develop the capabilities to get them [...]

[Editor’s Note: Ardent’s AP Quarterly Webinar Series AP 2020: Five Game-Changing Strategies for Top Results continues next Thursday, October 29th at 2 PM ET  presented by Bob Cohen & Andrew Bartolini and sponsored by Canon. Click here to register.] As we continue to navigate these disruptive days, it is clear that some of an enterprise’s [...]

According to Ardent’s 2020 State of ePayables market research report, 62% of AP leaders stated that the pandemic did not create a need to invest in automation, as accounts payable processes were “already automated.” The reality, however, is that many AP teams have not fully-adopted and/or optimized their technology. This becomes clear when a deeper [...]

In 2020, the accounts payable (“AP”) profession continues to gain momentum and impact business operations and results in an increasingly strategic way. The global uncertainty that pervades today’s market indicates the very real threat of a deep economic downturn. In response, the CFO’s new “hierarchy of needs” has placed a laser focus on business continuity [...]

In April and May, Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as way bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management professionals and collectively tackle the big issues we were all facing and continue to face as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 2300 [...]