AP Skill Sets Must Evolve with Automation
Our 2013 annual ePayables study [Sidebar: Make sure to visit Payables Place next week when we unveil this year's study] introduced accounts payable's new dawn wherein AP departments have realized the need…
The Quest: 2014
Ardent Partners is going to take its loyal readers on a journey this summer into the "State of Accounts Payable." Along the way we will uncover the key challenges and…
Nipendo and Integrate Financial Announce Supply Chain Finance Partnership
Nipendo, the provider of a cloud-based P2P-focused platform and Integrate Financial, a new, non-bank finance and technology company announced a partnership to provide supply chain finance solutions to trading partners…
What Every Executive Should Know about B2B Networks
This is your final chance to participate in our annual AP market research study - click here to take the survey. All participants get a free copy of the final…
Trending in 2014: Supply Chain Finance
In a recent article, I noted Supply Chain Finance (SCF) as being one of the top trends for 2014 (read more here). This article offers a more detailed discussion of…
Is Your AP Operation in a Position to Optimize Working Capital?
How can AP impact working capital? Well, in many cases, in an effort to improve working capital positions enterprises will decide to withhold payments and aggressively push for extended terms.…
Concur: A Driving Force in the Corporate Travel World (Part 2)
In part 1 of this article, I covered the annual Concur Fusion event and some of the announcements made around the new Concur App Center, Open Booking and The Perfect…
US Treasury Getting Rid of Paper
In July of 2011, the US Department of Treasury announced that it is mandating that all Treasury Bureaus implement the Internet Payment Platform (IPP) by the end of 2012 and…