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ePayables 2014: The AP Team’s Top Priorities for 2014

By Andrew Bartolini July 24, 2014News, ResearchNo Comments

Ardent Partners recently published our annual ePayables report, “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” and like all of our payables reports this year the research is geared toward financial managers, executives, and…

The Quest: 2014

By Andrew Bartolini June 5, 2014Best Practices, News, Other, ResearchNo Comments

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…

AP Metrics that Matter

By Andrew Bartolini May 23, 2014Best Practices, Research, TechnologyNo Comments

Ardent Partners recently published a new AP focused report. Entitled AP Metrics that Matter (click to download, registration is required) and sponsored by Kofax, this Ardent Partners research report…

Ariba & Discover Launch AribaPay, Seek to Revolutionize B2B Payments Industry

By Andrew Bartolini April 16, 2014Event, News, Research, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

The war is on in the B2B payments and last month at its annual user conference, AribaLIVE, Ariba, an SAP company fired off a big shot. As has become customary,…

eInvoicing Stats Every AP & Finance Leader Must See

By Andrew Bartolini February 20, 2014ResearchNo Comments

Ardent Partners’ research over the past few years has shown that while the average accounts payable department still lacks automation, executive focus, and general alignment with the enterprise, leading enterprises…

P2P Metrics that Matter

By Andrew Bartolini February 10, 2014Best Practices, ResearchNo Comments

The procure-to-pay (P2P) process is growing in importance within many enterprises as we've noted in many articles including here and here. As with any business process, optimization is key to…

Evolution of the Business Network

By Andrew Bartolini October 8, 2013ResearchNo Comments

Networks, Networks, Networks...they're all the rave these days and they will continue to be in 2014. The first of these networks, which were developed in the mid-to-late nineties, targeted the…

ePayables Solution Spotlight on Iron Mountain

By Andrew Bartolini October 4, 2013Research, SolutionsNo Comments

Today’s article will focus on a specific solution provider – Iron Mountain. Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) is a storage and information management solution and service provider. The company has approximately 60…

Who Said eInvoicing Costs less?

By Andrew Bartolini September 24, 2013ResearchNo Comments

Actually, the market did. As you have already seen in other articles (such as this one or this one), Ardent Partners recently completed a fairly robust study on the accounts…

AP Technology Part 3: Payments

By Andrew Bartolini August 19, 2013ResearchNo Comments

The last phase of the AP process is the scheduling, processing and execution of an invoice payment. In the US, paper checks are still dominant as a payment format; however,…