Operations

Fraud

DOJ Plans Heightened Scrutiny of Government Contractors

The new "Procurement Collusion Strike Force" aims to root out antitrust crimes like bid-rigging and price-fixing in the procurement of government contracts.

David McCann
November 8, 2019
Financial Planning & Analysis

Why Procurement Savings Get Lost in Translation

Create a "closed-loop" system so that business unit leaders don't eat up all the savings before corporate leaders can decide what to do with the gains.
Operations

Want to Go “Lean”? First, Understand What It Means

Lean is more than a buzzword. Because the common understanding of lean is incomplete, it's been unjustly dismissed and criticized.
The Economy

Operations Leaders Are Pessimistic on Recession

More so than other executives, COOs and supply chain leaders expect an economic downturn, causing significant harm to the business, within 18 months.
Risk Management

Calculate the Real Cost of Catastrophe

To protect against threats to corporate value, many companies rely too heavily on insurance coverage.
Leadership

What Happens When the CFO Is the COO, Too?

A new academic study could dim perceptions that problems may arise when one executive holds both roles.
Supply Chain

Companies Scramble to Ease Impact of China Tariffs

Those surveyed by KPMG have employed various strategies to reduce the added cost.
Cost Management

Fast and Easy G&A Cuts Won’t Cut It in the Next Downturn

Following the last recession, functional leaders learned the hard way that it can take years to recover from deep cost reductions.
Profiles

ABM Industries Nears End of Five-Year Transition

The company's "2020 Vision" plan, involving a new go-to-market strategy, new operational efficiencies, and key technology upgrades, is in the home stretch.
Technology

Finance Fails to Get Full Value from Shared Services

A lack of commitment to working as partners with shared services organizations dooms finance to missing out on optimizing the value of shared services.
Robotic Process Automation

It’s Unanimous: Firms that ‘Know’ Bots Will Expand Their Usage

Automation is sweeping across the corporate landscape, with many companies expecting to use RPA in most or all of their functions within two years.
Applications

Cable CFO Faces Complexity in All Directions

Vicki Villacrez at TDS Telecom has to stay nimble to thrive in the fast-changing consumer segment of the telecommunications industry.
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