Best-in-Class AP in the Age of Intelligence
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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
(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…
Four Factors Influencing The Adoption of ePayables Technology
There are many different theories and models that attempt to explain the complex riddle of how and why users adopt technology. One of the best known is the Unified Theory…
ePayables Usage and Adoption in 2020
According to Ardent’s 2020 State of ePayables market research report, 62% of AP leaders stated that the pandemic did not create a need to invest in automation, as accounts payable…