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,…
Business Gets More Social
Undeniably, the social network has forever changed and continues to change the manner in which people communicate, interact, collaborate and share information with their network of family, friends, co-workers, acquaintances,…
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…
Paper: Would You Bet on It or Against It?
Some years ago, the data capture market consisted of companies such as Kofax, Brainware, Captaris, DataCap, and Captiva, among others. Some of the companies in the space were sizable, many…
AP Can and Should be More Strategic
This is something that was made very clear in Ardent Partners' recent study (ePayables 2012: The State of the AP Market). As a function, AP can add a whole lot…
Concur Broadens its Reach in the Mid-Market
Most people know Concur as a leading provider of travel and expense management solutions. However, for some time now, they have been offering a solution that allows clients to manage…
Bank of America Continues to Expand ePayables Offering
Following the most recent addition to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) ePayables offering, I had a chance to have a chat with Samridhi Sarin, Director, Senior Product Manager…
American Express Aims to PAYVE ® the Path to Electronic Payments
Introducing PAYVE®, a new digital payment service from American Express Earlier this year, I wrote a report that predicted the top ten things that will shape the AP market in…
Our View of the AP World Part II – The Solution Providers
This can be a noisy and complicated market to understand, so at Ardent we created this visual representation which is based on our ePayables Framework that is discussed here in…
Ten Benefits of a High Performing Procure-to-Pay Program
The results of Best-in-Class organizations show that an investment in Procure-to-Pay (P2P) can pay large dividends, while the relentless pressure on bottom-line performance makes a P2P investment all, but necessary,…