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2022 M&A Outlook: Deal Market Expected to Continue Hot Pace
Buyers will hunt for targets that improve their talent bases, supply chains, and sustainability strategies.
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Vincent Ryan
| January 20, 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.
By
Vincent Ryan
| 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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Vincent Ryan
| 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?
By
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
Lauren Muskett
| 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?
By
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.
By
Ramona Dzinkowski
| July 10, 2018
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Working Capital
Metric of the Month: Days Sales Outstanding
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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CPA and Perry D. Wiggins
| May 9, 2018
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Tech
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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Working Capital
Metric of the Month: Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time
The faster you can turn inventory into cash, the healthier your company will be. Here’s why cash-to-cash cycle time matters.
By
Marisa Brown
| December 15, 2017
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Working Capital
Using Tax Savings to Pare Supply Costs?
Buyer-supplier intermediary C2FO hopes for a business windfall from the GOP tax bill.
By
David McCann
| December 11, 2017
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Technology
Intuit Launches Small-Business Loan Service
The software company is aiming to leverage the data it collects from QuickBooks to make working-capital loans of up to $35,000.
By
Matthew Heller
| November 7, 2017
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Working Capital
Late Shift: The 2017 Working Capital Scorecard
Delaying payments is boosting the working capital performance of America’s largest companies, but also masking a lack of efficiency.
By
Vincent Ryan
| July 26, 2017
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