Ardent Partners Analyst Team, Author at Payables Place

Monday First Thing: Thoughts from SAP Ariba Live: The Network is Back and Corporate Social Responsibility Stands Tall

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 12, 2018Best Practices, EventNo Comments

I spent the better part of last week at SAP Ariba Live in Las Vegas with fellow Ardent Partners' analysts Andrew Bartolini and Matthew York and wanted to share my…

Accounts Payable In Need of a Process Overhaul

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 7, 2018Best Practices, Process, Research

The current issues of the day, such as the evolution of networks and continued impact of mobility and other types of innovation, dominate long-term business planning. After all, no true…

Monday First Thing: More Isn’t Necessarily Better When It Comes To Supplier Portals

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 5, 2018Process, Solutions, Technology

Supplier Portals, also known as Vendor Portals, have played a significant role in enabling more suppliers globally to transact and communicate with their customers across the P2P process. These portals…

Monday First Thing: Why Doesn’t Accounts Payable Get the Recognition it Deserves?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 26, 2018Best Practices, Process

I’ve been working with Accounts Payable (“AP”) professionals for almost 15 years now, and it never ceases to amaze me how infrequently they get the recognition and credit they wholeheartedly…

Transforming Accounts Payable Requires a Holistic Approach

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 21, 2018Best Practices, Process, Technology

Over the past decade, Ardent Partners research has consistently shown that transforming an Accounts Payable (AP) department is a worthwhile undertaking that can deliver significant bottom-line value while also elevating…

Monday First Thing: What’s Really Changed in AP Over the Last 10 Years? A Ton, That’s What!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 19, 2018Process, Research, Technology

It is sometimes easy to forget that when you work in an industry that delivers regular incremental innovation, that the aggregate steps taken forward can be quite significant. This is…

Tipalti Introduces PO Matching To Their AP Platform

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 14, 2018Solutions, Technology

Members of Ardent’s ePayables Research team (Bob, Andrew, & Phil) recently took a briefing and product demo from the team at Tipalti regarding their announcement introducing automated purchase order (PO)…

Monday First Thing: Basware in the News

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 12, 2018News, Solutions, Technology

My name is Bob Cohen, newly-hired as research director at Ardent Partners. I’m excited to lead and expand Ardent’s ePayables (Accounts Payable) research practice and leverage the knowledge and experience…