AP Metrics that Matter
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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,…
AP Technology Part 1: Scan, Capture & Workflow
Based on research from Ardent’s latest report – ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn The primary role of these solutions/services is to take paper-based documents and transform the data that lies…
The Organizational Structure of AP
Several years ago, the structure of accounts payable groups began to shift to more centralized models. In 2013, centralization remains the preferred operating model with more than 80% of all…