supply-chain

Amazon’s Coming after Your Customers
The Cloud

Amazon’s Coming after Your Customers

So are eBay and other big e-distributors. Nothing is stopping them from tracking your customers’ buying habits and urging them to buy from a competitor. You’d better start preparing.
By Shawn Casemore | January 7, 2013
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Financing a Company the Startup Way
Risk

Financing a Company the Startup Way

Self-funding capital needs by aggressively managing cash and front-loading revenues — thereby removing the need for outside equity capital — is an attractive way to finance a business’s growth.
By Scott Bergquist | August 28, 2012
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How to Reduce Resource Consumption
Corporate Finance

How to Reduce Resource Consumption

Rule number one: Build honest, trusting relationships with suppliers.
By Shawn Casemore | June 26, 2012
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How to Direct a Risk Team
Supply Chain

How to Direct a Risk Team

CFOs are playing a bigger role in risk management. To succeed, they have to assemble and lead the right cast and crew.
By Alix Stuart | April 15, 2012
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Avoid Three Key Supply-Chain Land Mines
Risk Management

Avoid Three Key Supply-Chain Land Mines

Be aware that not all risks are obvious, prepare for the unexpected, and train employees on risk-management actions.
By Shawn Casemore | March 30, 2012
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Inaction on Ex-Im Bank’s Fate Threatens Overseas Sales
Supply Chain

Inaction on Ex-Im Bank’s Fate Threatens Overseas Sales

If Congress fails to raise the lending cap for the U.S.’s export credit agency, financing for billions of dollars in pending sales could dry up.
By Vincent Ryan | March 22, 2012
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