AP – Planning for the Year Ahead – Part 2
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
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
[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
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
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
[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
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…
AP: Rising to the Challenge of a New Decade
(Editors note: this article, by Andrew Bartolini, originally appeared on CPORISING.COM on October 9th) In the 2020s, the accounts payable (“AP”) profession will continue to gain momentum and impact business…
Ardent Partners Launches B2B Payments Technology Landscape Report
New Report Addresses the B2B Payments Technology Landscape BOSTON, MA, August 17, 2020 — Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced today that its new B2B Payments Technology Landscape…
Accounts Payables’ New Agenda (Continued)
This week we continue our conversation about Accounts Payables’ new agenda. The new agenda focuses on three steps that include 1) ensuring business continuity, 2) building resilience, and 3) supporting…