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Technology’s Impact on ‘Best-in-Class’ AP Teams

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 14, 2020Best Practices, Research, Solutions, Technology

Daniel Yergin, the Pulitzer-prize winning author, speaker, energy expert, and economic historian once said that “people always underestimate the impact of technology.” One group not taking anything for granted are…

5 Strategies for Ensuring AP Success in 2021

By Philip Bartolini December 7, 2020Best Practices, Event, Webinar

[Editor’s Note: Join us this Tuesday, December 8 at 2pm ET for a complimentary webinar presentation called 5 Strategies for Ensuring AP Success in 2021, sponsored by Metaviewer. Click here to register.]…

Best-in-Class AP in the Age of Intelligence

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 7, 2020Best Practices, Research, Technology

Businesses and consumers today are fully engulfed by technology and the data it creates and captures. The same holds true for AP departments across the globe. Accounts payable’s “Big Data”…

Accounts Payable 2021: Big Trends and Predictions

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 4, 2020Best Practices, Event, Research

[Editor’s Note: Join Ardent Partners on our upcoming webinar, Accounts Payable 2021: Big Trends and Predictions (click to register), next Wednesday, December 9th at 2 PM ET.] As 2020 draws to a…

Best-in-Class AP Performance Requires Electronic Invoicing

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 16, 2020Best Practices, Research, Technology

There is no denying the many benefits that straight through processing of invoices brings to Accounts Payable. However, an organizations ability to achieve straight-through processing is contingent first and foremost…

B2B Payments are Becoming Increasingly Strategic

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 2, 2020Best Practices, Process, Research, Technology

In a world where the speed of business increases moment-by- moment, and new competitors lurk around the next financial statement, it is imperative that enterprises of all sizes take a…

A New Focus on B2B Payments

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 26, 2020Best Practices, Research, Technology

From a technology adoption perspective, AP leaders for much of the past two decades tended to more often than not focus on how invoices were received, processed, validated, and approved…

Best in Class AP Performance: The Value of Straight-Through Processing

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 19, 2020Best Practices, Research, Technology

For over a decade, Ardent Partners has conducted an in-depth market research study of the accounts payable (“AP”) market that leverages a unique framework to highlight the performance of top-tier…

The Present and Future of ePayables – New Webinar

By Philip Bartolini October 13, 2020Best Practices, Event, Technology, Webinar

The modern Accounts Payable (“AP”) function sits at a fascinating juncture in its overall evolution: enhance just enough to survive in the years ahead, or, revolutionize its development to truly…

AP: Rising to the Challenge of a New Decade

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 12, 2020Best Practices, Process, Research

(Editors note: this article, by Andrew Bartolini, originally appeared on CPORISING.COM on October 9th) In the 2020s, the accounts payable (“AP”) profession will continue to gain momentum and impact business…