Ardent Partners Analyst Team, Author at Payables Place

The State of ePayables 2018: 3 Things AP Can Do To Be More Strategic

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 2, 2018News, Process, Research

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…

The State of ePayables 2018: It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Paper Checks

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 25, 2018Process, Research

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on…

Monday First Thing: Exceptions are Meant for Learning, Not Repeating

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 18, 2018Best Practices, Process, Research

Last week I discussed ‘Taking Accounts Payable to the Next Level’ and transforming the accounts payable (“AP”) function from a tactical operation to a strategic one. I spoke about leveraging…

Monday First Thing: Taking Accounts Payable to the Next Level

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 11, 2018Other

Zig Ziglar, famed American author and motivational speaker, once said “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” As AP organizations look…

Monday First Thing: How Much Time is Too Much Time to Spend with Your Suppliers?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 4, 2018Best Practices

This is actually a trick question...the answer depends on what you are spending your time discussing when you are with your suppliers. This is one of the topics we queried…

More Thoughts from Coupa Inspire 2018: Payments and The Best UI is No UI at All

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 16, 2018Event, News, Solutions, Technology

While walking around the Coupa Inspire 2018 event in San Francisco last week, I had the opportunity to speak with quite a few customers and prospects, and the feedback I…

Thoughts from Coupa Inspire 2018: Leveraging Community Intelligence

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 14, 2018Event, News, Solutions, Technology

I spent three days last week at Coupa Inspire 2018 event in San Francisco, and wanted to share my thoughts and impressions of the event. Knowing a thing or two…

Wednesday First Thing: Where is the Best Place to Begin an ePayables Automation Initiative?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 9, 2018Best Practices, Process, Technology

It is generally agreed that ePayables automation includes three distinct processes – 1) Receive, 2) Process, and 3) Pay. There is value to an organization in automating each part of…

Monday First Thing: The Change in the ePayables Buying Process Over Time

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 30, 2018Best Practices, Process

The way enterprises do business has changed significantly over the past 15 years and these shifts are reflected in the way ePayables and P2P solution providers go to market today.…

Monday First Thing: A Conversation with Andre Hoddevik, Secretary General for OpenPEPPOL

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 23, 2018Event, News, Solutions

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Andre Hoddevik, the Secretary General for OpenPEPPOL (Pan-European Public Procurement Online), a European-based, non-profit international association whose purpose is to enable European…