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SAP Ariba Live 2016 Case Study: GlaxoSmithKline and the Boulders, Rocks, and Sand of Business Networks

By Andrew Bartolini May 13, 2016Best Practices, Event, Process, Research, SolutionsNo Comments

Business networks are web-based platforms that enable interconnected buyers and suppliers to trade, communicate, and collaborate with each other. As a result of this inherent nature, and the drive among…

Is Your Dynamic Discounting Solution Best-in-Class?

By Andrew Bartolini April 7, 2016Process, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

[Editor's Note: Today's article is from guest author Danny Thompson, vice president of software product management for APEX Analytix. If you have an interest in becoming a guest contributor, please contact us here.]…

How AP Can Affect Enterprise Working Capital

By Andrew Bartolini April 5, 2016Process, Research, Solutions, Technology

Our annual "State of ePayables" research survey is now open. Your responses will help us establish the Best-in-Class metrics that readers can use to benchmark the performance of their AP…

Why Accounts Payable and Treasury are Natural Partners

By Andrew Bartolini March 10, 2016Best Practices, Process, ResearchNo Comments

The accounts payable (“AP”) team has, in recent years, taken on new importance to the enterprise as a source of financial and operational intelligence. The rich data that AP collects…

Why Managing Supplier Payments Matters

By Andrew Bartolini March 3, 2016Best Practices, Process, Research

Efficiency rules in the modern business world, and cost savings are frequently one of the primary goals of executive leadership. As part of this objective to run an efficient organization,…

Accounts Payable Predictions for 2016: Greater Collaboration, More Automation

By Andrew Bartolini January 27, 2016Process, Technology

The accounts payable (“AP”) department has experienced a number of changes over the past 15 years. At first little more than a back-office function that processed invoices and supplier payments,…

B2B Payments 2015: How Remittance Information Determines ePayment Adoption

By Andrew Bartolini December 21, 2015Process, Research, Solutions

Every year, Ardent Partners publishes several benchmark studies into the accounts payable (“AP”) marketplace. One of those is the annual research effort into the state of business-to-business (“B2B”) payments, called…

Who Benefits from AP Automation?

By Andrew Bartolini February 23, 2015Best Practices, Process, Technology

Though automating the accounts payable (AP) process most directly benefits the AP team itself—such as eliminating manual activities and allowing for more strategic actions—it’s a mistake to imagine that accounts…

The Future of Travel and Expense Management: The Visibility Quotient

By Christopher Dwyer December 24, 2014Best Practices, ProcessNo Comments

Editor’s note: Payables Place is excited to kick off a new series of articles focused on the travel and expense management function that will help enterprises, regardless of size or…

The Compliance Management Checklist, Part V: Amendment Best Practices

By Christopher Dwyer November 26, 2014Best Practices, ProcessNo Comments

Welcome to the final article in a five-part series that will focus on how procurement, finance, and other professionals effectively build a “compliance management” checklist that addresses multiple avenues of…