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Monday First Thing: Retaining Talent in Accounts Payable and Procurement

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 10, 2018Event, Process, Research

Last week, I discussed the challenges Accounts Payable (“AP”) and Procurement organizations face attracting talent in today’s hyper-competitive labor market. This week I want to cover the second half of…

Monday First Thing: A New Approach to Talent Management (Part I)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 3, 2018Event, Process

A couple of weeks ago I had the honor of moderating a panel discussion on talent management at Ardent Partners’ CPO Rising 2018 Summit in Boston. My expert panel included…

New Webinar from Ardent Partners: Top Strategies for P2P Success in the Mid-Market

By Philip Bartolini March 21, 2018Best Practices, Solutions, Webinar

The development of a Best-in-Class P2P program takes, among other things, sponsorship, effort, collaboration, vision, expertise, and a supporting technology infrastructure. Superior program design also remains a critical element in…

The State of ePayables 2017: Collaboration is the Name of the Game

By Andrew Bartolini July 26, 2017Best Practices, Research

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2017: The Convergence of Cash, Suppliers, and Intelligence. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on…

ePayables 2015: AP’s Role in Collaborative P2P

By Andrew Bartolini October 6, 2015Best Practices, Research, Solutions, Technology

It is with great pleasure that Ardent Partners announces the publication of its latest state of accounts payable (AP) research report—“ePayables 2015: Higher Ground.” Like the annual reports that came…

Collaboration as the Unified Field Theory of Procurement and Accounts Payable

By Andrew Bartolini September 8, 2015Best Practices, Research, Solutions, Technology

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners is proud to announce the publication of a new report on the trends and value drivers for AP and procurement, sponsored by Corcentric, and available here…

How Trends in Procurement Affect Accounts Payable

By Andrew Bartolini August 25, 2015Research, Solutions, Technology

Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners is proud to announce the publication of a new report on the trends and value drivers for AP and procurement, sponsored by Corcentric, and available here…

Summer Rewind: Two Approaches to Building a P2P Process

By Andrew Bartolini August 20, 2015Best Practices, Research

Editor’s Note: With summer in full swing, many of the practitioners in the accounts payable world are taking vacations ahead of the crush of the fall months. In honor of…

AP’s Top Trends for 2015: A Stronger AP/Procurement Partnership

By Andrew Bartolini April 8, 2015Best Practices, Research, Solutions

Editor’s note: On April 16, Ardent Partners will host a complimentary webinar (sponsored by Concur) focused on the top trends in accounts payable for the year ahead (register at this link).…

Who Benefits from AP Automation?

By Andrew Bartolini February 23, 2015Best Practices, Process, Technology

Though automating the accounts payable (AP) process most directly benefits the AP team itself—such as eliminating manual activities and allowing for more strategic actions—it’s a mistake to imagine that accounts…