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…
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…
Designing, Pitching & Executing Elegant eInvoicing Strategy – Lessons Learned Firsthand
I recently had the opportunity to connect with Chauncey St. John, Senior Customs Operations Manager and former Global Process Leader Healthcare, Source-to-Pay, GE Global Operations USA, about designing, pitching, and…
Final Thoughts on Corporate Culture and Technology Adoption
Two companies, a similar task, different corporate cultures, and diametrically opposite results. Over the past few weeks, we presented a case study on the specific experiences of two rival companies…
The Future of eInvoicing, eFactoring, and Blockchain in Africa
I recently had the opportunity to connect with Mario Fernández, CEO at Gosocket about the ‘Kenyan Project’ in Africa. Mario will be giving a session on this topic on May…
Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption – Results
According to authors P. Montana and B. Charnov (in the 2008 edition of their book, Management) by way of Wikipedia, Corporate culture is defined as the “total sum of the values, customs, traditions, and…
Top Trends and Value Drivers for AP and Procurement: Automate and Collaborate
The way enterprises do business has changed significantly over the past 15 years, and these shifts – in communication technologies, in business-to-business (B2B) commerce, and in financial tools, among others…
Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter eBook Preview
[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a preview of our upcoming, Ardent Partners’ Accounts Payable Metrics that Matter in 2019 eBook. Be sure to check back next week when we publish…
Monday First Thing: What Can Machine Learning do for Accounts Payable?
Many of the technology innovations that will carry Accounts Payable (“AP”) departments and ePayables solutions into the future have already largely arrived. AP and finance leaders that keep an eye…