CFO Plans

JANUARY 27, 2025

A manufacturing firm, faced with multiple investment opportunities, conducted a thorough cost-benefit analysis and prioritized upgrading their production line, which offered the highest potential ROI. Implementing High-Impact Financial Management Implement High-Impact Financial Management to maximize business profits.

Prioritization 52

Prioritization CFO Concentration Planning 52

CFO Simplified

AUGUST 21, 2022

Moreover, inventory may be increasing in value because of inflation or changing manufacturing costs from your suppliers. With regard to accounts receivable, one thing banks are always concerned about is customer concentration. If you can show them that’s happening in the marketplace overall, you can maintain your advance rates.

Banking 98

Banking Concentration CFO Accounting 98

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The system assigns scores to each critical component and commodity based on types of risks, such as environmental, geopolitical, lead time for production capacity, and geographic concentration of suppliers. However, for rarer parts and materials these options might not be possible or completely solve the issue.

Concentration 130

Concentration Prioritization Investments Manufacturing 130

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The “ultra-concentrated” formula gets four times more loads with the same quantity of a “traditional 2x detergent,” according to the company. Whirlpool Corporation had roughly $20 billion in yearly sales, 77,000 staffers and 59 manufacturing and tech research hubs last year, according to the announcement. 11) announcement.

Concentration 86

Concentration Manufacturing Sales eCommerce 86

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

In manufacturing, the average workweek edged down by 0.1 Meanwhile, the average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.2 hour to 34.5 hours in January. hour to 40.2 hours, and overtime edged up by 0.1 The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.2

Benchmarking 130

Benchmarking Transportation Concentration Numbers 130

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

but largely concentrated in the newly created car-centric suburbs of the post-war era — over the course of three years between 1945 and 1948. Assembly lines like Frigidaire’s — which had been manufacturing weapons — switched to things like refrigerators and washer-dryer sets, which American consumers snapped up in droves. as well.

Economics 141

Economics Forecasting Concentration Manufacturing 141

PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

Telehealth in its various forms is where much of the post-pandemic action is concentrated. As much as is being poured into retail healthcare, possibly more investment and innovation are concentrated on the prescription-drug market, a sector that’s forecast to hit nearly $360 billion in 2020. COVID-19 Is Taking Telehealth Mainstream.

Healthcare 87

Healthcare Concentration Startups Retail 87

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

The 10 areas with the highest concentrations of middle class adults are located in the Midwest or the Northeast, with the exception of Ogden-Clearfield, Utah. But for many in the United States, middle class status varies on where you live.

Concentration 75

Concentration Economics Manufacturing 75

PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

These health and safety kits were sourced and developed with several third-party manufacturers, in consultation with medical and infectious disease experts,” the company said. The next round of new hires will be concentrated in high-demand locations — California, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Toronto and Washington, D.C.

Concentration 72

Concentration Manufacturing Startups Numbers 72

The Finance Weekly

JULY 14, 2024

Long range planning extends beyond conventional budgeting, planning, and forecasting processes which usually span a year, and concentrates mainly on financial goals and key initiatives that are 5-10 years or more into the future. That’s exactly how Long-range Planning (LRP) works – not only for individuals but for businesses as well.

Planning 105

Planning Leadership Budgeting Financial Analyst 105

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Water scarcity contributes to wildfires, but other problems, too: As the water table drops, the quality of the water degrades, often leading to increasing concentrations of minerals and salts that are expensive to treat or can even make the water unusable. Risks are appearing on multiple fronts.

Manufacturing 100

Manufacturing Concentration Nonprofit Planning 100

Focus CFO

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

FocusCFO is primarily concentrated on fractional financial executives, though it also supplies CFOs as project consultants and project consultants and interim executives. Clients span a variety of industries, including manufacturing, advertising, health care, real estate and others. .

Concentration 52

Concentration Advertising Leadership Manufacturing 52

CFO Simplified

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Here are some areas you should consider in your planning: Customer Concentration Leadership Staffing Products Financial Resources Technology Customer Concentration is an easy one to understand. Is your leadership concentrated in one office? A business owner recently purchased a manufacturing company.

Concentration 52

Concentration Leadership CFO Manufacturing 52

PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2020

Walmart is selling two of its online brands in a continuing goal to concentrate on its website. Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 27) that the Arkansas-based retail giant is scrapping Shoes.com and Bare Necessities, the intimate apparel brand.

Concentration 57

Concentration Advertising eCommerce Manufacturing 57

PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2017

From manufacturing to customer service, there have been several parts of today’s workforce that have been automated by some form of smart technology. Brookings Institution argued that the automation of these mundane tasks would free up workers to concentrate on the more innovative tasks. Automation has come to several industries.

Retail 71

Retail Concentration Data Analysis Technology 71

Future CFO

JANUARY 23, 2024

trillion in the next ten years due to its emergence as a key destination for companies seeking to decrease their dependence on China for manufacturing and sourcing, which is driving ASEAN’s growth as a platform for global exports. Southeast Asian nations are predicted to grow US$1.2 India is forecast to achieve 6.3% Russian trade divergence.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Forecasting Concentration Investments 52

CFO News

MARCH 24, 2024

India has urged for the prioritization of several key issues in discussions within the World Trade Organization (WTO), including access to finance, manufacturing concentration, food security, and reducing transaction costs in international trade and services.

Securities 40

Securities Finance Concentration Prioritization 40

PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

We concentrate a lot of annual marketing around this event. So it is important that we tell the users, and at the same time go back to our suppliers [and] manufacturing partners and negotiate deals [that] are good for the customers,” Dhindsa said. Three warehouses were being prepped in advance of the sales event. “We

Concentration 52

Concentration Manufacturing Sales Investments 52

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Increasing Efficiency And Output Using An Assembly Line Manufacturing Approach To Financial Planning. Before Henry Ford developed the assembly line method of automobile manufacturing in 1913, cars were built in their entirety one at a time. So instead of always feeling busy, advisors and their staff only have certain busy seasons.

Planning 130

Planning Communication Concentration Tax Planning 130

PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

Notwithstanding the origin of the coronavirus, the large-scale outbreak can be primarily attributed to highly increased mobility (airplane and high-speed rail in China, especially), resulting in a higher concentration of people, and a lagging behavioral change in personal sanitation and isolation.

Concentration 74

Concentration Transportation Manufacturing Banking 74

CFO Thought Leader

AUGUST 6, 2024

He advocates for leveraging automation to handle routine tasks, allowing teams to concentrate on strategic exceptions. Inside The Mentoring Round CFO Todd Patriacca emphasizes the strategic implementation of technology automation, focusing on areas that enhance efficiency and reduce internal costs.

CFO 52

CFO Concentration Leverage Finance 52

CFO Simplified

APRIL 15, 2022

There are many elements involved in developing and manufacturing products for a customer. In fact, most of a company’s concentrated efforts go to the creation of what they’re going to sell, and with good reason. Some change their source of supply because deliveries of raw materials can’t get to the manufacturing plant.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Concentration CFO Strategic Planning 52

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In parallel, I also noted that investors have to change the way they value and price companies, to reflect where they are in the life cycle, and how different investment philosophies lead you to concentrated picks in different phases of the life cycle.

Valuation 132

Valuation Construction Manufacturing Marketing 132

Future CFO

JANUARY 2, 2024

Chief financial officers in the Asia-Pacific across various sectors such as financial services, life sciences and health care, manufacturing, public sector, TMT, energy and resources, and consumer business are generally optimistic and neutral about the regional economic outlook.

Economics 52

Economics Concentration CFO Invoicing 52

CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

While based in Bologna, we’ll visit car manufacturers like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Ducati as part of a mini-MBA program. Past tours have led to real business deals, such as when one of our members signed a distribution agreement with a Mexican car parts manufacturer. There will also be trips to Florence, Venice, and possibly Milan.

Finance 97

Finance Auditing CFO Leadership 97

PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2016

has its Silicon Valley, and Israel has its own Silicon Wadi of concentrated tech know-how. However, while the former is established, the latter is still growing, in no small part thanks to the money Western companies keep pouring into it. The news comes at an interesting time for Intel’s future in Israel.

Concentration 40

Concentration Manufacturing Technology 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2018

would have, and seems to be having, an impact on none other than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which makes chips that are, among other things, used in cryptocurrency mining, which relies on powerful computers to produce bitcoin. A dip in demand for the nuts and bolts of crypto mining (OK, picks and shovels?)

Concentration 41

Concentration Manufacturing Currencies Economics 41

PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

The concepts will initially be concentrated on the Chinese market.”. Working in cooperation with Huawei and the Chinese authorities, Audi said it became the first foreign automobile manufacturer to participate in the first-time deployment of LTE-V on public roads in the city of Wuxi in eastern China in 2017.

Concentration 40

Concentration Communication Manufacturing Technology 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2017

He said, “The long-term ambition of PassivDom is to make the manufacturing franchise the core business line of the company. PassivDom manufacturing franchise is attractive to manufacturers because they are currently competing in the ‘red ocean’ and have no capability to provide innovative housing offers to the clients.

Construction 40

Construction Manufacturing Concentration Transportation 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

perhaps not surprisingly, given the two transactions just mentioned — represented the bulk of concentration, to the tune of 86 percent of all investment activity. A large manufacturer in the U.S. Another company reduced equipment failures between scheduled maintenance by 50 percent, lowering costs and downtime.

Investments 74

Investments Concentration Valuation Technology 74

PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2018

Akonia’s HoloMirror technology enables “headsets that are thin, transparent and light-weight, while achieving high [field of view (FOV)] with low manufacturing cost,” Akonia said on its website. It holds 140 patents associated with “holographic systems and materials,” and employs many of people behind those inventions.

Concentration 41

Concentration Retail Technology Manufacturing 41

The Finance Weekly

JULY 14, 2024

It extends beyond conventional budgeting, planning, and forecasting processes which usually span a year, and concentrates mainly on financial goals and key initiatives that are 5-10 years or more into the future. Manufacturing – zeroes in on equipment, machinery acquisitions, upkeep, and production floor needs to align with the LRP vision.

Planning 52

Planning Leadership Budgeting Financial Analyst 52

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 4, 2025

I mean certainly there’s still like a huge, a huge concentration in kind of, you know, the Bay area and then kind of New York, Boston area. So again, depending on the industry, it depends on sort of where our concentration of bankers are. Higher interest rates have really had hurt to manufacturing, global manufacturing.

Banking 52

Banking Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Marketing Manufacturing 52

PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

All in, the company sells over 35 SKUs of skincare and bath and body products that are “formulated with pure, active, highly concentrated vitamins, minerals and botanicals.”. Herbivore identifies as a prestige skincare brand that sells a lot more than just soap.

Concentration 43

Concentration Manufacturing Leverage Marketing 43

CFO Simplified

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Utility companies for electricity, water, and natural gas used in the manufacturing process. Business owners usually concentrate on things like selling, strategic business development, new products, making sure orders ship on time, and keeping customers happy. Included are large, critical payments to: Raw material suppliers.

Accounts Payable 52

Accounts Payable Invoicing Risk Management Accounting 52

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 19, 2024

In the manufacturing-centered twentieth century, it took decades for companies like GE and Ford to scale up, but they also stayed at the top for long periods, before declining over decades. Advice on concentrating your portfolio and having a margin of safety, both value investing nostrums, may work with the former but not with the latter.

Corporate Finance 119

Corporate Finance Valuation Investments Finance 119

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Value of Intangible Assets Accounting has historically done a poor job dealing with intangible assets, and as the economy has transitioned away from a manufacturing-dominated twentieth century to the technology and services focused economy of the twenty first century, that failure has become more apparent.

Valuation 125

Valuation Profit and Loss Accounting Investments 125