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Ardent’s FinTech Influencer Series highlights innovative voices in the world of ePayables automation. This series is the go-to spot for progressive thoughts on how technology, transformational thinking, and revolutionary ideas are changing how AP work gets done. Continuing our FinTech Influencer Series, today we are speaking with Ivo Moszynski, Chair of FeRD (German Forum for Electronic Invoicing). Ardent [...]

The Answer Is Obvious. Should your AP department use paper as its main mode of supplier invoicing and payments, or should it leverage the power of automation to create repeatable, scalable processes that drive efficiencies, savings, and value? Any CEO, CFO, or Controller worth their salt would choose automation. Since that answer is obvious, the [...]

Given recent trends toward improving business processes in a bid to increase efficiencies and drive down costs, one wonders why more enterprises have not fully automated their AP processes. This is especially true in light of the challenges brought on by the pandemic, which made paper-based processes unworkable with the work-from-home mandates that most employers [...]

Unfortunately, in addition to the traditional, primarily tactical- related challenges facing AP year after year that I discussed a couple of weeks ago, Ardent Partners believes there are several new risks on the horizon that could negatively impact AP performance in 2022 and beyond. AP leadership needs to be aware of these threats, monitor them, [...]

“Perception” has long been one of the biggest issues holding AP groups down within the organizational hierarchy of an enterprise. Perception acts as a lens through which reality is viewed, understood, and acted upon. As such, there is a tendency to assume that how reality is perceived is what it truly is. For many years, [...]

Now in year three, COVID-19 continues to persist, and its outlook for the remainder of 2022 remains unclear. However, it is clear that much of the pre-pandemic world has faded away and that the “new normal” described in last year’s report is beginning to take shape. One area that appears forever changed is the workplace. [...]

Join us today, June 28, at 2 PM ET for a complimentary webinar presentation based on our upcoming flagship market research report “The State of ePayables 2022” (click to register) sponsored by Esker. This webinar is the culmination of Ardent Partners’ 17th annual “State of ePayables” research study that examines Accounts Payable (“AP”) organizations and [...]

The 2022 State of ePayables Take the New Survey! Now more than ever, the AP function is proving just how crucial it is to maintaining business continuity and we would like to invite you to participate in Ardent Partners’ annual State of ePayables market research survey. The survey is part of our ongoing dialogue with [...]

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its AP-themed report, “Accounts Payable 2022: Big Trends and Predictions”. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the report. Prediction #5: AP Becomes an Intelligence Hub AP sits on a veritable goldmine of data due to its direct access to [...]

The AP Metrics that Matter in 2022 eBook Ardent Partners is excited to announce the publication of its annual eBook, “Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2022”, which is available for download by business practitioners who have registered for our newsletter. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key data points [...]