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Monday First Thing: Why Doesn’t Accounts Payable Get the Recognition it Deserves?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 26, 2018Best Practices, Process

I’ve been working with Accounts Payable (“AP”) professionals for almost 15 years now, and it never ceases to amaze me how infrequently they get the recognition and credit they wholeheartedly…

Transforming Accounts Payable Requires a Holistic Approach

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 21, 2018Best Practices, Process, Technology

Over the past decade, Ardent Partners research has consistently shown that transforming an Accounts Payable (AP) department is a worthwhile undertaking that can deliver significant bottom-line value while also elevating…

Monday First Thing: What’s Really Changed in AP Over the Last 10 Years? A Ton, That’s What!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 19, 2018Process, Research, Technology

It is sometimes easy to forget that when you work in an industry that delivers regular incremental innovation, that the aggregate steps taken forward can be quite significant. This is…

Best of 2017: Three Game-Changing Innovations to Move Your AP Department Forward

By Philip Bartolini December 29, 2017Process

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “best of” 2017 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. …

Best of 2017: The State of ePayables 2017: AP’s Perceived Value

By Philip Bartolini December 20, 2017Process, Technology

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “best of” 2017 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. …

Blockchain Technology for B2B Payments: More than Meets the Eye

By Philip Bartolini December 11, 2017Process, Technology

Spending smart and saving more have given leaders within supply management a higher purpose and new responsibilities that were not there 15 years ago. With the amount of data and…

P2P Optimization Breeds Procurement Success

By Andrew Bartolini December 1, 2017Best Practices, Process, Technology

While a fully automated Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process remains the exception and not the rule in today’s market, Best-in-Class procurement departments are keenly aware of the importance of process automation in…

Understanding Supply Chain Finance

By Philip Bartolini October 16, 2017Best Practices, Process

Supply chain finance (“SCF”) is an advanced financial solution that accomplishes two primary goals: suppliers get paid more quickly but at a slight discount, and buyers preserve their days payable…

Fighting Fraud in the Worldwide Web of Deceit

By Philip Bartolini September 18, 2017Best Practices, Other, Process

[Editor's Note: Today's article is a guest publication from Philip Flores Jr., Senior Vice President at BMO Harris Bank N.A. Ardent Partners is happy to review and feature guest publications…

How AP Can Help Optimize Working Capital

By Philip Bartolini September 7, 2017Best Practices, Process, Technology

AP’s ability to add value to the strategic objectives of the business is greatly enhanced through technology. Leveraging technology enables AP to process invoices and payments in a more efficient…