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CFOs Gather Once Again: A Conference Notebook
Observations from The CFO Leadership Council event about the pivot to cash, an unusual use of HR staff, and a CFO with a 'blue-collar' image.
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Vincent Ryan
| May 27, 2022
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Working Capital
Working Capital Scorecard: A Tumultuous Year
Many CFOs faced challenges collecting cash and keeping a lid on inventories as the pandemic raged and then subsided.
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Vincent Ryan
| June 17, 2021
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Metric of the Month: Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time
APQC found that top performers on this measure have a CCC of 33.2 days or less on average, while bottom performers take 74 days or longer.
By
Perry D. Wiggins, CPA
| September 2, 2020
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Corporate Finance
Working Capital Scorecard: The Hard Part of Boosting Liquidity
With payables stretched to the limit, wringing more cash out of working capital will be a challenge.
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Vincent Ryan
| June 27, 2019
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Working Capital
A Recession Lesson for Working Capital Management
An analysis of automakers' changes to managing working capital after the Great Recession offers lessons for other industries ahead of the next downturn.
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Lima Zhao and Arnd Huchzermeier
| September 13, 2018
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Trade Finance
Working Capital Scorecard: Suppliers Can Wait
The cash conversion cycle improved once again in 2017, largely because many companies took as long as possible to pay suppliers.
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Ramona Dzinkowski
| July 10, 2018
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Metric of the Month: How Long Should Cash-to-Cash Cycle Take?
The faster you can turn inventory into cash, the healthier your company will be. Here’s why cash-to-cash cycle time matters.
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Marisa Brown
| December 15, 2017
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Working Capital
Over a Barrel
Thanks to the slumping oil and gas industry, the working capital performance of America’s largest companies is at its worst level in years.
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Edward Teach
| July 14, 2016
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Finance Pumps Up Cash Flow for Kimberly-Clark
The consumer-goods company offers a powerful example that the true value of finance, long a reactive function, lies in being proactive.
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David McCann
| July 14, 2014
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Upgrading Cash Flow at Dell
At high-flying Dell Computer, cash flow wasn't keeping pace with heavy growth. Re-engineering treasury operations fixed that.
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Russ Banham
| December 1, 1997
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