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Cash is King for Suppliers Too: Use This Fact to Enable More of Them

By Andrew Bartolini October 7, 2024Best Practices, Other, Process, Research, Technology

From the beginning, supplier enablement has been the Achilles heel for ePayables technology deployments. Traditional buyer-centric solutions and approaches to supplier enablement may be the reason why a majority of…

BIG Data in Action

By Andrew Bartolini September 30, 2024Best Practices, Other, Process, Research, Technology

Big data management and usage will become the critical element to establishing Best-in-Class performance in accounts payable in the future. With the broad consumerization of AI technology over the past…

AP Performance Advantages of Best in Class

By Andrew Bartolini September 16, 2024Best Practices, Process, Research, Technology

For nearly two decades, Ardent Partners has leveraged a unique framework to highlight the performance of top-tier organizations (formally referred to as the “Best-in-Class”) by analyzing a specific set of…

Adoption Rates Increase for ePayments and eInvoicing

By Andrew Bartolini September 5, 2024Best Practices, Process, Research, Solutions, Technology

Given recent trends toward improving business processes in a bid to better manage cash and drive down costs, it is somewhat baffling that more enterprises have not fully automated their…

AI in Action: AP Operations and Use Cases

By Andrew Bartolini August 26, 2024Best Practices, Process, Research, Technology

Many innovations throughout history, from the printing press to the light bulb to the airplane and the personal computer, led to dramatic societal and business expansion in periods frequently described…

AP Priorities and Strategies to Overcome Barriers

By Andrew Bartolini August 19, 2024Best Practices, Process, Research, Technology

The typical AP function faces a bevy of challenges ranging from slow processing speeds to too many invoice exceptions and an overall pressure to drive efficiencies across its operation. However,…

Money Never Sleeps in Accounts Payable

By Andrew Bartolini August 5, 2024Best Practices, Research, Technology

From the dawn of commerce to the modern digital age, money has been the lifeblood of business. Historic inflation countered by central banks created a credit market in 2024 where…

AP 2024 BIG Predictions (Part 3): Occupational Fraud Controls, Transformations Gain Momentum, Mid-Market Automation Accelerates

By Andrew Bartolini May 24, 2024Best Practices, Process, Research, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its Accounts Payable-themed report, “Accounts Payable 2024: BIG Trends and Predictions”. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points…