Ardent Partners Research Archives - Page 7 of 18

The Rise of the ‘Gig’ Worker and What it Means to Accounts Payable

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 1, 2021Research, Technology

A massive shift is underway in organizational employment practices. In 2021, Ardent Partners’ research AP Metrics that Matter in 2021 eBook, shows that the non-employee workforce has reached a “tipping…

Announcing the AP Metrics that Matter in 2021 eBook!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 25, 2021Best Practices, Research, Technology

The AP Metrics that Matter in 2021 eBook Ardent Partners is excited to announce the publication of its annual eBook, “Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2021”, which is…

Increasing the Perception of Accounts Payable

By Andrew Bartolini February 15, 2021Best Practices, Research, Technology

A decade ago, the idea that an AP operation could be effective and efficient in supporting strategic business objectives while working as a key collaborator with both internal stakeholders and…

AP – Planning for the Year Ahead – Part 2

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team January 25, 2021Best Practices, Process, Solutions, Technology

Warren Buffet, the legendary investor once said “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” What does this have to do with Accounts…

Best-in-Class AP in the Age of Intelligence

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 7, 2020Best Practices, Research, Technology

Businesses and consumers today are fully engulfed by technology and the data it creates and captures. The same holds true for AP departments across the globe. Accounts payable’s “Big Data”…

Accounts Payable 2021: Big Trends and Predictions

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 4, 2020Best Practices, Event, Research

[Editor’s Note: Join Ardent Partners on our upcoming webinar, Accounts Payable 2021: Big Trends and Predictions (click to register), next Wednesday, December 9th at 2 PM ET.] As 2020 draws to a…

Best-in-Class AP Performance Requires Electronic Invoicing

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team November 16, 2020Best Practices, Research, Technology

There is no denying the many benefits that straight through processing of invoices brings to Accounts Payable. However, an organizations ability to achieve straight-through processing is contingent first and foremost…

A New Focus on B2B Payments

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 26, 2020Best Practices, Research, Technology

From a technology adoption perspective, AP leaders for much of the past two decades tended to more often than not focus on how invoices were received, processed, validated, and approved…

Five Game-Changing Strategies for Top AP Results – New Webinar

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team October 22, 2020Event, Solutions, Technology, Webinar

[Editor's Note: Ardent's AP Quarterly Webinar Series AP 2020: Five Game-Changing Strategies for Top Results continues next Thursday, October 29th at 2 PM ET presented by Bob Cohen & Andrew…

The Present and Future of ePayables – New Webinar

By Philip Bartolini October 13, 2020Best Practices, Event, Technology, Webinar

The modern Accounts Payable (“AP”) function sits at a fascinating juncture in its overall evolution: enhance just enough to survive in the years ahead, or, revolutionize its development to truly…