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Salary Transparency’s Impact On the Future of Labor
With salary ranges being required in more areas, how can executives use these new laws to better their hiring practices?
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DocGo Aims to Deliver Cost-Efficient Medical Care
Replacing COVID-19 revenue and managing working capital are high priorities for a company trying to deliver mobile health services.
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Vincent Ryan
| December 21, 2022
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Cash Flow
Supply Chain Pressures Keep Inventories High in Q2
Inconsistent lead times and shipping delays force companies to maintain inventory buffers.
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Vincent Ryan
| September 27, 2022
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Cash Flow
The Industries That Got Paid Faster: Working Capital Scorecard
Nearly two-thirds of the industries in the Hackett Group study improved a receivables management metric in 2021.
By
Vincent Ryan
| July 20, 2022
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Legal
How Litigation Funding Can Protect a Small Company’s Cash Flow
Litigation financing helps companies obtain the best possible legal representation and avoid a drain on working capital.
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Grant Farrar
| April 19, 2022
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Operating Expenses
Is the End of ‘Inventory Lite’ in Sight?
A 15-year surge in corporate cash flow may come to an end if companies can't generate any more inventory efficiencies.
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| October 7, 2021
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Working Capital
Time to Double Down on Efficient Cash Conversion
Although flush with cash, the best-performing companies aren't forgetting about fine-tuning their cash conversion processes.
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Peter Kingma
| October 5, 2021
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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.
By
Vincent Ryan
| June 17, 2021
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Working Capital
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.
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Perry D. Wiggins, CPA
| September 2, 2020
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Workplace Issues
COVID-19 Aftermath: Moving Beyond Quick Fixes to Sustainable Value Creation
What else can companies do to help drive their businesses' short-term cash flows and fund their long-term ambitions?
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Vincent Ryan
| July 28, 2020
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Corporate Finance
Scorecard: Safeguarding Working Capital
A disrupted economy will make it harder to manage receivables, payables, and inventory with efficiency.
By
Ramona Dzinkowski
| June 24, 2020
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Mergers & Acquisitions
How CFOs Can Help Accelerate Divestitures in the Current Crisis
Economic conditions, business needs, and activist pressures have increased the need to accelerate the divestiture process. How can CFOs help?
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Vincent Ryan
| May 27, 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.
By
Vincent Ryan
| June 27, 2019
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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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Working Capital
Metric of the Month: Days Sales Outstanding Measures Efficiency
Collections are key to a low days sales outstanding (DSO) number — and the faster the money comes in, the more breathing room an organization has.
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Perry D. Wiggins
| May 9, 2018
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CFO’s Tech Companies to Watch 2018: Tipalti
Our third selection, Tipalti, is solving the mounting payables problem faced by growing midmarket businesses.
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Vincent Ryan
| May 3, 2018
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