Finance

How to make your CFO a supply chain superfan

Monday, November 4, 2024 · Global Links
College football superfans are fully invested, and their dedication elevates the sport. What if we could create that same enthusiasm, loyalty, and management commitment in the boardroom?

The enduring power of working capital in high-rate environments

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 · Brian Straight
Supply chain finance programs offer many benefits for organizations, and if considered strategically, the rate of interest plays a smaller role than many think.

Supply Chains Facing New Pressures as Companies Seek Cost Savings

Friday, March 15, 2024 · Brian Straight
A Boston Consulting Group survey of global executives found a majority are targeting supply chain and manufacturing costs as the biggest areas to achieve cost savings in 2024.

Simplify your Logistics Financials Complexity using aThingz Triple Double approach

Thursday, August 3, 2023 · SCMR Staff
In this webcast, learn how aThingz stitches the financial elements of Logistics, right from planning through the invoice process.

Bloated inventories are changing cash flow strategies

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 · Brian Straight
The inventory glut that has impacted businesses in the past two years is pushing more companies to consider supply chain finance programs to smooth out cash flow.

WMS + OMS: Maximize ROI & Win Customers for Life

Thursday, June 8, 2023 · SCMR Staff
Join experts from Körber Supply Chain, Perficient, and Bricz to explore how combining a WMS and OMS helps you increase margin, improve ROI, and capitalize on operational efficiencies.

Fintechs and SME Suppliers: Liquidity through digitization

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 · Wenting Li, Thomas Y. Choi and Dale S. Rogers
Credit barriers and extended payment terms hamper the operational ability of tier 2 and tier 3 supply chain participants. But a new breed of technology companies are here to help.

Buy now, pay later: Is it a supply chain thing?

Monday, May 2, 2022 · Tan Miller
Buy now/pay later is one of the hottest trends in marketing, creating new sales for organizations. It’s also creating headaches for supply chain professionals from procurement to operations.

Is Cryptocurrency the next supply chain finance tool?

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 · Aaron Benningfield
In evaluating Cryptocurrencies, we have provided a basic definition of key tenets of both leading blockchain technologies.

Save Money While Spending More

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 · Mark Trowbridge
We all want to conserve working capital by extending payments. But here are five ways procurement can save money while paying suppliers.

What about business downturns? Part 2

Monday, June 29, 2020 · Larry Lapide
This Insights column is the second of a two-part series. It deals with lessons learned from selling and surviving in an organization living through the realities of a “bad news” annual budget—and its corresponding forecasts and plans.

5 Lessons for Supply Chains from the Financial Crisis

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 · Kai Hoberg and Knut Alicke
For many supply chain executives, the Financial Crisis was one of the toughest challenges of their careers. Firms across industries were required to deal with huge demand-supply mismatches caused by collapsing demand. However, the supply chain community found innovative ways…

7 Supply Chain Financing Trends to Watch in 2019

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 · Bridget McCrea
As supply chain financing evolves, and as more financial companies take an interest, these seven trends will be driving the sector over the coming year.

Escalating Trade tensions Could “Ricochet” Through Financial Markets, Warn Analysts

Tuesday, August 14, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
“The rising tensions have made it more difficult to start moving away from the "easy money" policies introduced at the beginning of the Great Recession."

Financial Settlement in the Supply Chain Continues to Plague Many Managers

Thursday, July 19, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
The 1000 largest non-financial companies in the U.S. significantly improved their ability to generate cash in 2017, producing the strongest working capital performance since 2008, noted The Hackett Group in a recent survey. But their ability to collect from customers and…
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