New Webinar – AP Metrics that Matter in 2021
In preparation for the release of Ardent's upcoming "Accounts Payable Metrics that Matter in 2021" eBook, please join us for a new webinar, where Bob Cohen will be discussing all…
AP – Planning for the Year Ahead – Part 1
Accounts payable excellence is founded on the critical, day-to-day components of its operations, processes, and overall program management. As AP departments seek to advance their position and improve performance, it…
20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Esker
20 for 2020: Key Providers in the 2020s – Esker Earlier this year, we initiated the first of our planned 20 for 2020 series’ as an echo to the 10 for 2010 series that…
Driving Value from Accounts Payable
Across every enterprise function, a real impact has been felt by the pandemic fallout. Procurement faces supply chain disruptions, finance must ensure there is funding to support operations, product management…
Technology’s Impact on ‘Best-in-Class’ AP Teams
Daniel Yergin, the Pulitzer-prize winning author, speaker, energy expert, and economic historian once said that “people always underestimate the impact of technology.” One group not taking anything for granted are…
Best-in-Class AP in the Age of Intelligence
Businesses and consumers today are fully engulfed by technology and the data it creates and captures. The same holds true for AP departments across the globe. Accounts payable’s “Big Data”…
Accounts Payable 2021: Big Trends and Predictions
[Editor’s Note: Join Ardent Partners on our upcoming webinar, Accounts Payable 2021: Big Trends and Predictions (click to register), next Wednesday, December 9th at 2 PM ET.] As 2020 draws to a…
Best-in-Class AP Performance Requires Electronic Invoicing
There is no denying the many benefits that straight through processing of invoices brings to Accounts Payable. However, an organizations ability to achieve straight-through processing is contingent first and foremost…
B2B Payments are Becoming Increasingly Strategic
In a world where the speed of business increases moment-by- moment, and new competitors lurk around the next financial statement, it is imperative that enterprises of all sizes take a…
A New Focus on B2B Payments
From a technology adoption perspective, AP leaders for much of the past two decades tended to more often than not focus on how invoices were received, processed, validated, and approved…