Strategy

[Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “best of” 2019 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.] While it can be said that some automation is better than no automation, especially in regards to the world of Accounts Payable, one must consider [...]

[Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “best of” 2019 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.] Why do some supplier eInvoicing and payment initiatives succeed while others fail? The answer usually comes down to supplier enablement. Adoption is key for any [...]

[Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “best of” 2019 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.] Cash management is a critically-important piece of the corporate puzzle. For the continued health of the average business, maximizing cash on hand has become a [...]

[Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “best of” 2019 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.] Business pressures and needs have changed over the past five years such that product lifecycles are shorter and market swings are wider than ever before. [...]

[Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “best of” 2019 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.] Last week on our journey through Ardent Partners’ Accounts Payable Metrics that Matter in 2019 (click to download) we took a look at some of [...]

[Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “best of” 2019 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.] The way enterprises do business has changed significantly over the past 15 years, and these shifts – in communication technologies, in business-to-business (B2B) commerce, and [...]

[Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “best of” 2019 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.] In his first Inaugural address as President of the United States in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt said “the only thing we have to fear is [...]

When we think about the entire procure-to-pay process, it is during the “Pay” phase of the process that accounts payable (“AP”) can add significant value by working closely with treasury and finance to develop more sophisticated payment strategies and implement processes to optimize working capital (however, it should be noted that the efficiency and accuracy [...]

[Editor’s Note: Join Ardent Partners on our upcoming webinar, Accounts Payable 2020: Big Trends and Predictions (click to register), next Thursday, December 12th at 2 PM ET.] The accounts payable (AP) industry is consistently evolving and shifting, forcing AP and finance professionals across the globe to prepare for change and innovation in technology, business regulations, [...]

In 2019, the duties of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) continue to expand, straddling the traditional areas of financial stewardship and the more progressive areas of strategic and business leadership, while frequently including direct responsibility for certain business functions. This significant, role-based expansion is perhaps best-evidenced by the “CEO-in-Waiting” status that many CFOs now appear [...]