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Best-of-Breed AP Automation Solutions Make (More) Sense

Best-of-Breed AP Automation Solutions Make (More) Sense

Over the past year, the challenges of maintaining business continuity with outdated technology and processes were experienced by far too many organizations. Along with this, the problem of manual processes was never more apparent and exposed enterprises that were still relying on paper to get things done. However, with every challenge comes a corresponding opportunity, [...]

April 19, 2021 Ardent Partners Analyst Team Best Practices, Solutions, Technology Comments Off on Best-of-Breed AP Automation Solutions Make (More) Sense

Ardent Partners Launches ePayables Technology Advisor Report

Ardent Partners Launches ePayables Technology Advisor Report

New Report Addresses the ePayables Technology Landscape BOSTON, MA, April 6, 2021 — Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced today that its new ePayables Technology Advisor report, which analyzes and evaluates the accounts payable (AP) solutions marketplace, is now available. The 2021 ePayables Technology Advisor (click to download) is the market-leading technology assessment [...]

April 6, 2021 Ardent Partners Analyst Team Event, Research, Solutions 0

The Automation Imperative: 5 Ways AP Must Adapt for Success (New Webinar)

The Automation Imperative: 5 Ways AP Must Adapt for Success (New Webinar)

[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 [...]

April 5, 2021 Philip Bartolini Event, Technology, Webinar 0

Don’t Miss Out On Your Last Chance to Download The AP Metrics that Matter in 2021 eBook

Don’t Miss Out On Your Last Chance to Download The AP Metrics that Matter in 2021 eBook

This is the last week you will be able to download Ardent Partners’ annual AP-themed eBook, The Accounts Payable Metrics that Matter in 2021. Download the eBook before it’s gone! The Accounts Payable function has risen in stature, prominence, and impact within the enterprise over the past few years, but the larger opportunities for value [...]

March 31, 2021 Philip Bartolini Best Practices, Research Comments Off on Don’t Miss Out On Your Last Chance to Download The AP Metrics that Matter in 2021 eBook

Increasing the Perception of Accounts Payable

Increasing the Perception of Accounts Payable

A decade ago, the idea that an AP operation could be effective and efficient in supporting strategic business objectives while working as a key collaborator with both internal stakeholders and external suppliers may not have been impossible, per se, but it was highly unlikely. Today, that level of performance is more than possible. In fact, [...]

February 15, 2021 Andrew Bartolini & Bob Cohen Best Practices, Research, Technology Comments Off on Increasing the Perception of Accounts Payable

AP – Planning for the Year Ahead – Part 1

AP – Planning for the Year Ahead – Part 1

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, [...]

January 19, 2021 Ardent Partners Analyst Team Best Practices, Process, Research, Technology 0

20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Esker

20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Esker

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 [...]

December 28, 2020 Ardent Partners Analyst Team Best Practices, Research, Solutions, Technology Comments Off on 20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Esker

Driving Value from Accounts Payable

Driving Value from Accounts Payable

Across every enterprise function, a real impact has been felt by the pandemic fallout. Procurement faces supply chain disruptions, finance must ensure there is funding to support operations, product management must rethink the pace and timing of development projects, IT needs the technology and infrastructure to support work from home directives, and HR faces unforeseen [...]

December 21, 2020 Ardent Partners Analyst Team Best Practices, Research, Technology Comments Off on Driving Value from Accounts Payable

5 Strategies for Ensuring AP Success in 2021

5 Strategies for Ensuring AP Success in 2021

[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 [...]

December 7, 2020 Philip Bartolini Best Practices, Event, Webinar Comments Off on 5 Strategies for Ensuring AP Success in 2021

Best-in-Class AP in the Age of Intelligence

Best-in-Class AP in the Age of Intelligence

Businesses and consumers today are fully engulfed by technology and the data it creates and captures. The same holds true for AP departments across the globe. Accounts payable’s “Big Data” has the potential to become the next major force and catalyst for the profession. In fact, over the next few years, Ardent Partners predicts that [...]

December 7, 2020 Ardent Partners Analyst Team Best Practices, Research, Technology 0