Technology

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 [...]

  Ardent’s FinTech Influencer Series highlights innovative voices in the world of Accounts Payable (“AP”) automation. This series is the go-to spot for progressive thoughts on how technology, transformational thinking, and revolutionary ideas are changing how AP work gets done. Continuing our FinTech Influencer Series, today we are speaking with Nick Sprau, Co-CEO at Metafile.  Bob Cohen: Welcome [...]

[Editor’s Note: Download the State of ePayables 2020 market research report by clicking here] I am excited to announce the publication of Ardent Partners’ State of ePayables 2020 market research report. The theme of this 15th annual edition of the report is “Ensuring Continuity, Building Resiliency, and Rising to the Challenge”. This report presents a [...]

Across the globe, many countries have begun (or are about to begin) the process of “phased re-openings” of their economies, only three months after the COVID-19 pandemic began. In the United States, some regions have been “open” (albeit in highly-restrictive forms) for several weeks, while states and cities that were hardest-hit (such as New York [...]

Some hear the word ‘compliance’ and embrace it, others hear the word and fear it. ‘Compliance’ is a concept that haunts nearly many professional across the greater enterprise, no matter the function: IT, finance, human resources, procurement, and accounts payable. But in reality, there is no reason for dread, to the contrary – it should [...]

The global uncertainty that pervades today’s market indicates a 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 and the liquidity needed to fund ongoing operations. Let’s examine a few ways that Chief Procurement Officers can support this top priority. [...]

I’ve been involved in many AP automation initiatives over the course of my career, all of them involved some type of formal (or informal) ROI calculation and cost/benefit analysis. Most organizations when looking to justify a project invariably take a very tactical approach that places increased importance on hard dollar savings for project justification. This [...]

An interesting post from Chris Dwyer – the head of our Contingent Workforce Labor practice, at Ardent Partners. Chris’ blog, columns, and posts, appear regularly on our sister site www.cporising.com.   On the second Sunday in March, I awoke at 6am to begin my typical pre-gym routine. Before rushing out the door, I quickly checked [...]

Ardent’s FinTech Influencer Series highlights innovative voices in the world of Accounts Payable (“AP”) automation. This series is the go-to spot for progressive thoughts on how technology, transformational thinking, and revolutionary ideas are changing how AP work gets done. Continuing our FinTech Influencer Series, today we are speaking with Brian Anderson, Senior Manager, Accounts Payable at Verizon Media. [...]

(Publisher’s note: Our challenge to each reader is to pick and view one great CFO / CPO / Leadership session today. If you do, we bet you can’t just stop at one!)  Our inaugural CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series brought more than 2000 procurement, finance, and HR professionals together around the topics that matter to business leaders [...]