ePayables Solution Spotlight on U.S.Bank EIPP
Today, I’m going to provide a brief summary of a Solution Spotlight report that Ardent Partners recently completed on the U.S. Bank EIPP solution (the complete report can be found…
Bottomline’s Paymode-X Network Hits a Key Milestone
On Oct 15, 2012 Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY) announced that its B2B settlement network, Paymode-X, surpassed 200,000 members that are actively exchanging electronic payment (ePayment) and remittance data. In addition…
Basware Strikes Again with Certipost Acquisition
2012 continues to be a big year for Basware in this quickly consolidating eInvoicing market. On Oct 5th, Basware signed an agreement to acquire the eInvoicing and network business of…
P2P: Connecting the P’s through Automation (Part II)
Following my previous article on an Ariba Commerce Summit, here is Part II of the discussion we had at the event around connecting processes and systems within the P2P cycle…
P2P: Connecting the P’s through Automation (Part I)
Last week I participated in an Ariba Commerce Summit in Boston, this one day event (that is taking place in other locations - see here) brought together procurement professionals from…
Small Businesses Can Act Big
Today I’m going to re-visit the SMB market, which I’ve talk about before here. This segment of the market presents an extraordinary opportunity to relieve SMB’s of their paper-based (or…
ePayables Solution Spotlight on Scan One
In my several years as an analyst in this space, it has always been apparent to me that the AP automation solution landscape is quite crowded and confusing with multiple…
A Little Bit About Supplier Networks
Supplier networks have existed for many years and over the initial years slowly gained in popularity. Today, however, these networks are a quickly growing trend and an increasingly cost effective…
AP Metrics – Where Does Your Organization Stand?
For an accounts payable department, efficiency, effectiveness, and accuracy are key to its function and responsibilities within the enterprise. An AP department that lacks these attributes may result in suppliers…
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,…