The “Smart” Way: The Future of ePayables
[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2019: Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence. Today’s article is part of an on-going series…
Ardent Partners FinTech Influencer Series: Laurent Charpentier, Yooz Inc. COO and Chief Innovation Officer
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…
AP’s Plan for 2019: Boost the Insights, Lose the Paper
[Editor’s Note: You can download The State of ePayables 2019: Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence Report by clicking here.] A modern AP operation can differentiate itself from historical iterations by executing…
Monday First Thing: Data Mining and Data Scientists in AP? YES!
A few years ago the mere mention of data mining and data scientists in the same sentence as Accounts Payable would probably have gotten you puzzled and even concerned looks…
Monday First Thing: The State of ePayables 2019 – Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence
In 2019, businesses and consumers are now fully engulfed by technology and the data it both creates and captures. The same holds true for accounts payable (“AP”) departments across the…
Monday First Thing: The 2019 State of ePayables Market Research Report is Now Available!
[Editor’s Note: You can download The State of ePayables 2019: Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence Report by clicking here.] I am excited to announce the publication of Ardent Partners’ 14th annual State…
Why Supplier Enablement Programs Matter
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 program to succeed and those…
What are Virtual Cards?
Over the past couple of months I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with many AP professionals at solution provider user conferences, industry trade shows, and via inbound inquiries to Ardent…
Creating a Framework to Address E-Invoicing in the U.S. – A Conversation with Todd Albers of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
I recently had the opportunity to connect with Todd Albers, Senior Payments Consultant at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis about creating a framework to address E-Invoicing in the United…
Four Supplier Management Best Practices
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. The pace of business has…