Analysis: Inventory Levels Not Matching the Recovery
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by Procurement Leaders, July 30, 2010
Companies have been challenged during the past year with understanding and predicting future demand. The normal response to this uncertainty would be to add buffers of inventory, capacity, and time. However, the exact opposite has been occurring as companies are actually contracting their inventory levels, adding concern that procurement managers are not convinced that this recovery is sustainable, according to a recent article published at Procurement Leaders.
When it comes to aligning your stocking strategies with the business cycle, are your business systems up to finding the right match?
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Time to Get Off Your Cash?
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by Vincent Ryan, CFO, June 15, 2010
The executives interviewed for a recent article in CFO magazine are refuting the conventional wisdom that large cash balances depress valuations. In fact, many are touting their ability to build cash reserves in an era of economic uncertainty and the clear and present dangers from increased regulation and taxes.
If you're still building cash reserves, have you squeezed all you can out of working capital?
Read the executive summary or the full article from
CFO.
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