An SMB Buyer’s Guide to AP Automation
Once upon a time, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) expended significant effort to automate business processes such as accounts payable (AP). With the advent of cloud solutions, this is no…
AP Skill Sets Must Evolve with Automation
Our 2013 annual ePayables study [Sidebar: Make sure to visit Payables Place next week when we unveil this year's study] introduced accounts payable's new dawn wherein AP departments have realized the need…
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…
Kofax’s TotalAgility 7.0 – A New Platform for a New World
A few weeks ago, Kofax announced the availability of TotalAgility 7.0, which is a unified platform for the development and deployment of smart process applications. Kofax has spent the last…
Selecting an AP Automation Solution – Before, During and After
Those of you who have already gone through this process know very well the challenges that arise when building a business case and trying to get approval for a project,…
The Art (and Science) of a Good RFP
The Request for Proposal (RFP) process can be a lengthy and tedious process and if not executed well, can result in serious consequences for the project at hand and its…
Webinar: The Hunt for Safe, Short-Term Cash Yield
The strategic value of AP & Dynamic Discounting in creating high yield, low risk investment opportunities. In today’s global economy the enterprise faces multiple areas of financial concern, from the…
Transforming AP? Start with a Solid Business Case
In my effort to cover AP (and P2P) processes, strategies and technologies one of the first projects at Ardent was to create the ePayables SMARTset. The purpose being, to help…