Collaborator, Not Administrator
Ardent Partners recently completed its annual market research report focused on accounts payable – ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn. The report is based on survey data collected from approximately 245…
Automating AP: Top Considerations for the Mid-Market
When it comes to selecting the right ePayables solution to automate the accounting function, there are certain factors that are going to be more important to a mid-market enterprise (MME)…
The B2B Network Landscape – Industries (Part 2)
Another great contribution from the author of CPO Rising, Andrew Bartolini We started in Part 1 of this series with a look at the European business network landscape and some…
The B2B Network Landscape – Europe (Part 1)
Andrew Bartolini is co-author of today's article A quick trip back to the late nineties and we would see the online B2B marketplace craze that was just beginning was ahead…
ePayables Solution Spotlight – PAYVE from American Express
Continuing with Ardent Partners’ ePayables Solution Spotlight series, here is the latest one that focuses on the ePayment market and a solution from American Express – PAYVE (access the full…
Why it Pays to Pay Electronically
It was not so long ago that a trip to the grocery store could be ruined by a single action: having the person at the front of the checkout line…
P2P: Connecting the P’s through Automation (Part II)
Following my previous article on an Ariba Commerce Summit, here is Part II of the discussion we had at the event around connecting processes and systems within the P2P cycle…
P2P: Connecting the P’s through Automation (Part I)
Last week I participated in an Ariba Commerce Summit in Boston, this one day event (that is taking place in other locations - see here) brought together procurement professionals from…
ePayables Solution Spotlight on Scan One
In my several years as an analyst in this space, it has always been apparent to me that the AP automation solution landscape is quite crowded and confusing with multiple…
A Little Bit About Supplier Networks
Supplier networks have existed for many years and over the initial years slowly gained in popularity. Today, however, these networks are a quickly growing trend and an increasingly cost effective…