ePayables 2015: AP’s Top 3 Priorities in 2015
It is with great pleasure that Ardent Partners announces the publication of its latest state of accounts payable (AP) research report—“ePayables 2015: Higher Ground.” Like the annual reports that came…
Upcoming Webinar: The Strategic Impact and Evolution of AP
The world of accounts payable is changing, evolving … and the average business can benefit by boosting the strategic impact of their AP functions and linking the unit to more…
How ePayments Address Collaboration Concerns
Payments have not, historically, been viewed as tremendously important in most enterprises. This is no longer the case, and in fact payments are quickly taking on more strategic importance across…
How ePayments Address Resource Concerns
Payments have not, historically, been viewed as tremendously important in most enterprises. This is no longer the case, and in fact payments are quickly taking on more strategic importance across…
The Implications of 2015’s “Talent Vortex”
Editor's Note: For all you accounts payable managers who must leverage contingent talent, we thought this article would be of interest. We’ve all heard the meteorologists talk about it as…
Business Networks – Past, Present, and Future
While analyzing the technology markets and advising large enterprises on their technology strategy is something we have been doing for years, this work does not make it into our reports…
How to Build a Compelling Business Case for Supplier Networks
[Editor's Note: Ardent Partners, sponsored by Hubwoo, recently published a helpful guide on How to Build a Compelling Business Case for Supplier Networks. Today's article features snippets of the guide, which interested readers…
How Will Business Networks Transform Talent Engagement?
The modern business, when viewing the myriad processes that run the gamut from spend management to data management to processing invoices and expense reports, often views the “tactical” as a…
AP Predictions for 2015: B2B Payments Become a Strategic Business Process
Following our series on trends in accounts payable, Payables Place is going to take a look at predictions for the future of the AP function. Today’s installment, the last of four, will…
eInvoicing Solution Selection and AP Predictions for 2015: What You May Have Missed
The world of accounts payable (AP) is shifting. A mere 15 years ago, the function mostly concerned itself with processing paper invoices. Today, paper invoices are still prevalent, but technology…