White Papers and E-books

With some sound strategies, an understanding of tried and true best practices, and a lot of collaboration, you can leave problematic perceptions behind and find the freedom to outperform expectations.

Purchase-to-pay (P2P) organisation spend significant effort setting up suppliers, field basic status inquiries and completing other non-value added tasks. Most B2C organisation have adopted supplier self-service told, but the B2B world has resisted – mostly for unfounded reasons.

The ePayables Solution Spotlight builds upon Ardent Partners' recent ePayables SmartSet by combining Ardent's perspective on the accounts payables automation marketplace, recent ePayables marketing research, and a comprehensive solution provider profile of Kofax. this report focuses on the scan capture and workflow category of ePayables solutions and provides fresh insights on this segment from...

In 2016, many accounts payable teams are providing value to the enterprise beyond increasing efficiencies. Transforming the function into a thriving intelligence hub, leading AP teams have their “eyes on the prize” and are striving to become strategic partners that can make an impact at the highest level of business operations.

Despite the fact that cost savings remains the top priority for a majority of accounts payable ("AP) leaders in 2015, the opportunity to automate key business processes has missed many AP departments. Ardent Partners research has shown that the average cost to process a paper invoice can be up to five times higher than a comparable invoice that is processed electronically. Given this cost...

From invoice data, sales orders, receipts and others, how to bring it all together for a complete financial picture?

Customers are demanding that banks interact with them differently— increasingly through mobile devices and with a seamless experience anytime, anywhere. Mobile provides the opportunity for banks to unite disparate products and services into a single consistent channel for customers. But most banks still have miles to go in terms of providing 1-click, 1-second transactions that engage and satisfy...

Today, customers are sophisticated and connected…. with the power to leave you for another company, with a simple swipe or click. Things like loan applications, claims submissions, new account openings—are they fast and easy, or slow and painful? These information-intensive “First Mile™” interactions are where the battle for customer acquisition and retention is won or lost, and the journey to...

How to deploy robotic process automation (RPA) for routine, repetitive activities to save time and money.

Businesses like yours are in a continual race to evolve. With increasing transactions and data volumes, front and back office processes need automation. But the ideal solution must also avoid considerable delays and development costs, if it’s worth the effort.