Sourcing Innovation: Category Archive for Finance

If You Don't Have Earthquake or Hurricane Insurance for Your Supply Chain

Posted by the doctor at 3/31/2013 6:00 AM | Add Comment

SIM Powered Recovery Will Take Your Recovery to the Next Level!

Posted by the doctor at 3/18/2013 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Minimizing Late Payments

Posted by the doctor at 3/6/2013 6:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Don't Take Late Payments Lying Down

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Some Decent Tactics for Working Capital Management Improvement

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You Need to Get a Handle on Your Global Trade Risks - FAST!

Posted by the doctor at 2/27/2013 6:00 AM | Add Comment

I Hope You're Not Paying a Wealth Investment Advisor!

Posted by the doctor at 1/19/2013 5:55 AM | Add Comment

The Essence of Good Working Capital Management

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You Can't Buy Anything for a Quarter, So Why Do We Still Care About Them?

Posted by the doctor at 1/6/2013 6:00 AM | Add Comment

If America is Going to Be Number One Oil Producer By 2020, Will Canada Be Number Two?

Posted by the doctor at 11/30/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Is Your Supply Chain OCF? Part II

Posted by the doctor at 11/27/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Is Your Supply Chain OCF? Part I

Posted by the doctor at 11/26/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

It's About Time You Get a Grip on Risk!

Posted by the doctor at 11/15/2012 6:01 AM | Add Comment

The (Board) Gamer's Guide to Supply Management Part VI: Zombie Dice, Tsuro, and Get Bit!

Posted by the doctor at 8/13/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Worried About P2P Fraud? Here's How to Prevent Even More of It!

Posted by the doctor at 8/10/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

The (Board) Gamer's Guide to Supply Management Part V: Small World

Posted by the doctor at 8/6/2012 5:55 AM | Add Comment

Sound, Conventional Financial Management is NOT Good for Supply Chains

Posted by the doctor at 7/31/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

We Need More Corporate Ethics - Bring on the No-Maximum Mega Fines!

Posted by the doctor at 7/25/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Finally, Someone Else Who Gets A Key Point of Working Capital Management!

Posted by the doctor at 7/13/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Who's in Worse Shape? The USPS or Royal Mail?

Posted by the doctor at 6/10/2012 5:55 AM | Add Comment

What Finance Still Wants from Procurement, At Least According to the Survey

Posted by the doctor at 5/28/2012 5:55 AM | Add Comment

820K for a Las Vegas Conference? Amateurs! Just Ask The UK Public Sector.

Posted by the doctor at 5/6/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Should You Hedge Your Transportation Costs?

Posted by the doctor at 4/24/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Procurement Game Plan: A Review Part III.3

Posted by the doctor at 4/23/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Will Your Supply Chain Avoid the 88 Million Dollar Fine?

Posted by the doctor at 4/2/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Can You Endure the Exacerbated Euro?

Posted by the doctor at 4/1/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

From the Land of D'OH: Timely Payments Make Effective Business

Posted by the doctor at 3/23/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

"Procurement's Strategic Role in Driving Total Corporate Performance"

Posted by the doctor at 2/2/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

A Primer on Private Equity for CPOs

Posted by the doctor at 1/29/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Risk Mitigation 2012: Economic

Posted by the doctor at 1/9/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Risk 2011: Economic

Posted by the doctor at 1/2/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Working Capital in Europe is at an All Time High

Posted by the doctor at 9/27/2011 4:00 PM | Add Comment

Buy India, Sell China?

Posted by the doctor at 9/16/2011 1:11 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

McKinsey Just Gave Us the Best Argument for Next Practices

Posted by the doctor at 9/9/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Should You Be Using CEI?

Posted by the doctor at 8/14/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

An Idea for Aligning the Non-Competing Finance and Procurement Agendas

Posted by the doctor at 8/7/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Time to Shorten those Payment Cycles

Posted by the doctor at 8/2/2011 12:00 PM | Add Comment

Why Finance Needs to Work With Supply Management

Posted by the doctor at 8/1/2011 7:01 AM | Add Comment

Cost Reduction Strategies to Avoid

Posted by the doctor at 7/31/2011 6:01 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

What Competing Agendas?

Posted by the doctor at 7/28/2011 6:06 AM | Add Comment

Three Things Supply Management Should Know About Real Estate

Posted by the doctor at 7/10/2011 12:59 PM | Add Comment

Dealing with Price Volatility in the Turbulent Global Marketplace

Posted by the doctor at 7/6/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Outsourcing is More Than Throwing It Over the Wall

Posted by the doctor at 6/26/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Ariba Vision 2020: I Hope It's Just a Ruse!

Posted by the doctor at 6/22/2011 12:59 PM | Add Comment

Ariba Vision 2020: Tomorrow's Shoes (Part I)

Posted by the doctor at 6/16/2011 12:59 PM | Add Comment

Afraid of a Hostile Take-Over? Get a Shareholder's Rights Agreement!

Posted by the doctor at 5/6/2011 12:00 PM | Add Comment

Listen to Bob and Avoid the Pitfalls of DPO

Posted by the doctor at 5/4/2011 12:00 PM | Add Comment

Keeping Strategic Decisions on Track and the CFO Happy

Posted by the doctor at 5/1/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

TradeCard: Transaction Management for the Global Supply Chain Part II

Posted by the doctor at 4/29/2011 6:02 AM | Add Comment

TradeCard: Transaction Management for the Global Supply Chain Part I

Posted by the doctor at 4/28/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Procurement Is Worth IT

Posted by the doctor at 3/30/2011 1:00 PM | Add Comment

Hedge Your Bets

Posted by the doctor at 3/28/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Transfer Pricing - Do You Know What You Need To?

Posted by the doctor at 3/21/2011 7:00 AM | Add Comment

How Should You Calculate Cost Reduction?

Posted by the doctor at 2/28/2011 7:00 AM

If a Deal Is Too Good To Be True, IT IS!

Posted by the doctor at 2/25/2011 7:00 AM

Are You Ready for the New 1099 Tax Laws?

Posted by the doctor at 2/9/2011 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

Is It All About the P&L?

Posted by the doctor at 1/19/2011 1:00 PM

What Effect Will The Proposed UK VAT Increase Have On Your Supply Chain?

Posted by the doctor at 1/5/2011 1:00 PM

Should Private Equity Firms Get Into Supply Chain Finance?

Posted by the doctor at 1/5/2011 7:00 AM

Should You Really Care About the Finance Classification Hierarchy?

Posted by the doctor at 12/30/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (2)

Capital Costs are Going Up. Can Your Supply Chain Handle It?

Posted by the doctor at 12/24/2010 7:00 AM

How Will India Become The #2 Economy ...

Posted by the doctor at 12/23/2010 1:00 PM

If Basel II Crippled Trade Finance, Will Basel III Stifle It?

Posted by the doctor at 12/21/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

Life Lessons from Clown College: II

Posted by Bozo at 12/17/2010 7:00 AM

Want to Get Ahead? Speak the Language of the CFO!

Posted by the doctor at 12/2/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

Should Companies Really Be Building Their Own Credit Scoring Capabilities?

Posted by the doctor at 12/1/2010 1:02 PM

How Much Can You Really Save If You Switch Suppliers?

Posted by the doctor at 11/22/2010 7:06 AM | View Comments (1)

Four Principles To Keep In Mind When Thinking Like a CFO

Posted by the doctor at 11/16/2010 7:00 AM

Solving the 2011 Supply Chain Budgeting Dilemma

Posted by the doctor at 10/27/2010 1:01 PM

ISM's Prediction for the Supply Chain of the Next Decade

Posted by the doctor at 10/3/2010 7:00 AM

Don't Forget the Binding Ruling!

Posted by the doctor at 9/30/2010 1:01 PM

Sunk Costs ARE NOT Underwater Treasure

Posted by the doctor at 9/17/2010 1:01 PM | View Comments (1)

Working Capital Improvement: What the "Smart Kids" Do

Posted by the doctor at 9/16/2010 7:54 AM

Health Care Costs, Working Capital Improvement and Supply Management in the Same Sentence?

Posted by the doctor at 9/9/2010 7:00 AM

Is a 45,000 fine in your future?

Posted by the doctor at 9/5/2010 1:01 PM

Spreadsheets Will Cost You Billions

Posted by the doctor at 8/31/2010 2:01 PM

Working Capital Improvement: The View from 30,000 Feet

Posted by the doctor at 8/31/2010 7:58 AM

I'm Starting to Get Sick of all this Working Capital Management Talk

Posted by the doctor at 8/30/2010 1:01 PM

A Hitchhiker's Guide to e-Procurement: Procurement Models

Posted by the doctor at 8/27/2010 7:00 AM

ROI, ROIC, ROCE, and ... ROSMA?

Posted by the doctor at 8/26/2010 1:01 PM

A Hitchhiker's Guide to e-Procurement: Costing a Solution

Posted by the doctor at 8/25/2010 7:00 AM

Undervalued Currencies, Part II

Posted by the doctor at 8/18/2010 1:01 PM

Undervalued Currencies, Part I

Posted by the doctor at 8/16/2010 1:01 PM

A Hitchhiker's Guide to e-Procurement: Tax Reclamation, Part II

Posted by the doctor at 8/13/2010 7:00 AM

A Hitchhiker's Guide to e-Procurement: Tax Reclamation, Part I

Posted by the doctor at 8/11/2010 7:00 AM

A Hitchhiker's Guide to e-Procurement: Payments

Posted by the doctor at 8/9/2010 7:00 AM

A Great Argument for Carbon Taxes (and Credits)

Posted by the doctor at 8/8/2010 1:01 PM

Speaking Like a CFO -- Part II

Posted by the doctor at 7/19/2010 1:02 PM

By The Time You Detect Financial Risk ...

Posted by the doctor at 7/7/2010 1:01 PM

China (Kinda) Loosens Controls on the Yuan

Posted by the doctor at 7/2/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

Finance Needs Spend Analysis and e-Procurement, Part II

Posted by the doctor at 6/29/2010 7:00 AM

Trade Optimization Hits Mark for CFO's Top 2010 Concerns

Posted by the doctor at 6/28/2010 7:00 AM

Speaking Like a CFO, Part I

Posted by the doctor at 6/23/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

Finance Needs Spend Analysis and e-Procurement

Posted by the doctor at 6/22/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

CFO's Lesson from the Downturn: Too Little, Too Late

Posted by the doctor at 6/16/2010 1:01 PM

There's No Need for CFOs to have Poor Visibility of Key Financial Information

Posted by the doctor at 6/11/2010 7:00 AM | View Comments (1)

Don't Forget to Take Advantage of LKE When Upgrading Supply Chain Assets

Posted by the doctor at 5/30/2010 1:01 PM | Add Comment

Vork's Tips for Surviving a Recession

Posted by the doctor at 5/29/2010 1:01 PM | Add Comment

A Simplified Explanation of the Global Economic Meltdown

Posted by the doctor at 5/22/2010 1:01 PM | Add Comment

The IFRS is Coming - Is Your Supply Chain Ready?

Posted by the doctor at 5/20/2010 1:01 PM | Add Comment
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