Andrew Bartolini, Author at Payables Place

Basware Grows Operating Profit by 26.9% in Second Quarter; Hews to Lofty Goals

By Andrew Bartolini July 30, 2014News, SolutionsNo Comments

Basware (Helsinki: BAS1V) is having a good year. The eInvoicing provider announced their second-quarter results on July 10 (our sister site, CPO Rising, also covered this announcement), noting an increase…

Missing information is a major roadblock.

ePayables 2014: Top 3 Roadblocks to Cost-Savings in Accounts Payable

By Andrew Bartolini July 29, 2014News, ResearchNo Comments

Ardent Partners recently published our annual ePayables report, “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” and like all of our payables reports this year the research is geared toward financial managers, executives, and…

Three Things You May Not Know About ePayments (and One You Should)

By Andrew Bartolini July 28, 2014ResearchNo Comments

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a CFO in possession of a good finance department must be in want of an efficient payments operation. This is particularly true as…

ePayables 2014: The AP Team’s Top Priorities for 2014

By Andrew Bartolini July 24, 2014News, ResearchNo Comments

Supply-Chain Finance: Saving Money and Providing Long-Term Market Opportunity

By Andrew Bartolini July 22, 2014Best Practices, SolutionsNo Comments

We’re living in a global economy. Raw materials mined in China are shipped to factories in Kenya and then the finished goods are sold in U.S. and Western European stores,…

Hyland, Lexmark Outbid Each Other a Second Time for ReadSoft

By Andrew Bartolini July 14, 2014News, SolutionsNo Comments

We reported on July 1 that Lexmark International (NYSE: LXK) upped their bid for ReadSoft (NASDAQ OMX: RSOF-B) in the face of competition from Ohio-based Hyland Software’s UK business unit. It turns…

Lexmark Increases Bid for ReadSoft in Wake of Competing Offer

By Andrew Bartolini July 1, 2014News, TechnologyNo Comments

Lexmark International (NYSE: LXK) on June 18 increased its initial tender offer for Swedish AP automation provider ReadSoft AB (NASDAQ OMX: RSOF-B) to 43 kronor per share, a 7.4% increase…

AP Skill Sets Must Evolve with Automation

By Andrew Bartolini June 19, 2014Best Practices, OtherNo Comments

Our 2013 annual ePayables study [Sidebar: Make sure to visit Payables Place next week when we unveil this year's study] introduced accounts payable's new dawn wherein AP departments have realized the need…

The Quest: 2014

By Andrew Bartolini June 5, 2014Best Practices, News, Other, ResearchNo Comments

Ardent Partners is going to take its loyal readers on a journey this summer into the "State of Accounts Payable." Along the way we will uncover the key challenges and…

AP Metrics that Matter

By Andrew Bartolini May 23, 2014Best Practices, Research, TechnologyNo Comments

Ardent Partners recently published a new AP focused report. Entitled AP Metrics that Matter (click to download, registration is required) and sponsored by Kofax, this Ardent Partners research report…