Ardent Partners Research Archives

Elevate AP as a Destination Workplace for Business Professionals

By Andrew Bartolini October 14, 2024Best Practices, Other, Process, Research, Technology

Nearly a quarter of AP units today (24%) are facing an issue that extends throughout most finance departments, specifically, and businesses as a whole: Staffing shortages threaten to slow an…

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 Is a Value Driver

By Andrew Bartolini September 23, 2024Best Practices, Process, Research, Technology

A value driver is a factor that increases the worth of an asset, function, process, outcome, or business. Over the past few years, it has become clear to a majority…

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…

Follow the Best-in-Class in AP

By Andrew Bartolini September 9, 2024Best Practices, Process, Research, Technology

Accounts payable executives and professionals can gain a rewarding and strategic outcome if they understand the inherent value in AP mastery, push the envelope regarding innovation, and serve as a…

NEW WEBINAR: The State of ePayables 2024: Money Never Sleeps

By Andrew Bartolini September 3, 2024Best Practices, Event, Other, Process, Research, Technology, Webinar

In a 24/7/365 global business environment, where challenges from economic uncertainty, supply chain disruption, and changing technology continue to grow, cash management has never been more important, and that has…

Align AP Performance, Overcome Barriers

By Andrew Bartolini August 12, 2024Best Practices, Other, Process, Research, Technology

The strategic plan in accounts payable sits at the top of the pyramid that drives decision-making throughout the department. As you move toward the bottom of the pyramid, specific performance…

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 2): AI Guidelines, Supply Chain Shifts, P2P Fraud Prevention

By Andrew Bartolini May 22, 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…