CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Vytal uses the data to train a machine-learning algorithm that forecasts container-needs for each partner in the network and creates load-balancing routes for exchanging and delivering needed packaging between partners. Moreover, it allows Vytal to optimize transportation planning. Vytal’s growth path.

Transportation 100

Transportation Leverage Forecasting Planning 100

VCFO

MARCH 17, 2023

raw material, inbound freight, internal transport costs) All conversion costs (e.g., This translates to purchasing power as many vendors are willing to make concessions to keep customers who know how to forecast their needs. Forecasting Sales and Applying Seasonality Sales is also a pivotal part of the inventory turnover equation.

Manufacturing 70

Manufacturing Forecasting Profit and Loss Benchmarking 70

PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2020

Fast-forward a bit to where we are now — for business leaders, Huang said, it’s been a challenge to manage employees and budgets, much less to make accurate forecasts. So, everyone’s definitely tracking these numbers for the next two weeks.”. Inventory Buildup.

eCommerce 78

eCommerce Transportation Sales Retail 78

Bramasol

JANUARY 13, 2023

DSE in Transportation. It’s used today by most of the largest Media and Telecom companies in the world, as well as a growing number of mid-sized telecom companies.". Forecasting and Planning for the Digital Solutions Economy. Previous episodes in this series include: DSE in the Media and Entertainment industry.

SAP 86

SAP Compliance Leverage Entertainment 86

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

We already know that Apple is feeling the pinch of supply chain disruption, and has reduced its forecasts for the March quarter. To get a sense of the ripple effect: Consider the fact that the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that as a group, global airlines could see lost revenue to the tune of $29 billion.

Transportation 72

Transportation Retail Forecasting Sales 72

PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

Plans to expand some airports have been put on hold as air transportation has been grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported. For the week ending June 6, the number of travelers screened by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was 2.4 million, PYMNTS found.

Construction 52

Construction Transportation Budgeting Forecasting 52

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

Airbnb’s business has been hit hard, with revenue this year forecasted to be less than half of what we earned in 2019.”. Chesky’s words came as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported the number of travelers who went through its security gates on May 4 was 163,692 compared to 2.5 He said its U.S.

Healthcare 56

Healthcare Transportation Forecasting Securities 56

Future CFO

JANUARY 27, 2022

According to the firm’s analysis of S&P 1200 company earnings call transcripts from 3Q20 through 3Q21, the number of companies mentioning inflation doubled from around 350 to just under 700, leading to an eightfold rise in keywords relating to inflation from around 850 to 7000.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Budgeting Accounting Forecasting 52

CFO Network

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Specifically, it will be critical to consider the impact of rising and sustained inflation in our next year forecasts. The danger with this number is that consumers may elect no to buy discretionary goods and services, instead saving as much money as they can to cover the essentials. The CPI in September stood at 5.4%.

Planning 94

Planning CFO Transportation Economics 94

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

In what seems to be shaping up to be a modern-day version of The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones, Uber and Lyft have put out their numbers for the latest quarter, and depending on where you look, or what niche you examine, or what line item you favor, one or the other is a winner. Revenues were $3.2 billion; the Street had expected $3.3

Transportation 55

Transportation Construction CFO Numbers 55

PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

For 2020, global passenger numbers (enplanements) are expected to decline by 55 percent compared to 2019, worsened from the April forecast of 46 percent.”.

Treasury 60

Treasury Transportation Forecasting Communication 60

PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

Unfortunately, it looks like the growing number of online returns is forcing retailers to grapple with an equally confounding problem: the reverse supply chain.

Transportation 42

Transportation Forecasting Retail eCommerce 42

Bramasol

MARCH 10, 2023

By focusing on a smaller number of products and services that are regularly updated, they can optimize supply chains and reduce production costs. This can help them plan and invest for the long term, rather than relying on variable sales of individual products.

SAP 79

SAP Manufacturing Compliance Leverage 79

Bramasol

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

DSE in Transportation. The two plus years of pandemic-driven changes keeping more people at home created a sudden growth peak in subscriber numbers, which has been followed in 2022 by a shift back toward fundamental bottom line issues such as containing costs and improving revenue per subscriber. DSE in the Medical Device industry.

Entertainment 74

Entertainment SAP Compliance Advertising 74

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2019

But Lyft’s numbers also showed that revenue and growth have been borne atop a sea of red ink. As John Zimmer, the firm’s co-founder, said on the call, the company remains focused on transportation, with recent bike share programs in cities such as New York and San Francisco extending into late in the next decade. (By

Profit and Loss 43

Profit and Loss Transportation Forecasting CFO 43

Future CFO

MARCH 20, 2023

DSO as an accounting metric measures the average number of days a businesses receives payment for goods and services purchased on credit, while DIO is a working capital management ratio that measures the average number of days a company holds inventory before it’s turned into sales. In 2023, more of the same.

Credit Risk 52

Credit Risk Transportation Invoicing Economics 52

PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

It’s a fine balance between oversupplying and wasting products vs. empty shelves and out-of-stocks and automation can help with forecasting. Kroger is testing such cameras at a small number of locations (just two out of its 2,800 stores). For now, the devices are being used to count the number of shoppers passing by the doors.

Retail 60

Retail Transportation Forecasting Numbers 60

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

On the whole, however, there were more misses than hits by the numbers as the bank is still recovering from troubles that began to emerge with the account creation scandal of 2016. JPMorgan and SoftBank are reportedly in discussions to rescue WeWork before it runs out of money, which is forecast to occur by mid-November.

Transportation 43

Transportation B2B Manufacturing Currencies 43

Planful

MAY 11, 2017

The best practice in the market is to shorten the annual budgeting process, make it less granular and use it to set initial targets, then revisit and update the budget assumptions on a regular basis through rolling forecasts. Per BPM Partners, another 13% of companies update their financial forecasting weekly.

Planning 40

Planning Budgeting Forecasting Transportation 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Before the new spike in cases, 55 million Americans were forecast to travel during Thanksgiving, down at least 10 percent and the largest year-over-year decrease since 2008. The Transportation Security Administration reported that more than 1.04

Economics 107

Economics Transportation Forecasting Securities 107

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

The transportation company reported results Wednesday (Aug. In terms of headline numbers, the company said that revenues were up 72 percent to $867.3 In terms of headline numbers, the company said that revenues were up 72 percent to $867.3 7) that topped expectations amid narrowing losses. million, better than the $809.4

Profit and Loss 43

Profit and Loss Marketing Transportation Forecasting 43

Bramasol

JULY 31, 2023

In addition to the MedTech sector, these issues of optimizing and integrating lessor accounting with DSE also apply to other industries such as semiconductors , electronics manufacturing , transportation , telecom , energy , utilities , and others.

Accounting 71

Accounting SAP GAAP IFRS 71

PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

The planet’s largest retailer by sales crushed their way through Q2, with bigger than expected gains in revenue, earnings, same-store sales and eCommerce sales than analysts were predicting before the numbers hit the wires. percent to $128 billion, ahead of analyst forecasts of $125.9 All-in revenue jumped up 3.8 percent. .”

Profit and Loss 40

Profit and Loss Restructuring eCommerce Forecasting 40

CFO News Room

JANUARY 27, 2023

I am not much of a car person and view cars primarily as a mode of transportation. The 2022 third quarter report included news that revenues would come in below analyst estimates, both in dollar value and number of cares. per share in 2022.

Valuation 130

Valuation Investments Manufacturing Marketing 130

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

holiday spending is forecasted to increase up to 4 percent this year compared to 2015, which, in turn, means merchants are expected to handle more global cross-border shipments and payments than usual. With the holiday shopping season nearly in swing, retail shoppers in the U.S. Embracing Alternative Payments.

B2B 68

B2B Planning Retail Transportation 68

PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

And, in China, a drop in the number in the number of self-service terminals such as automated teller machines (ATMs) has come amid fast mobile payments growth, China Daily reported. The number of ATMs in the country at banks fell by 17,800 to arrive at 1.11 million on a quarter-on-quarter basis. And, within 2025, 1.5

Transportation 43

Transportation Risk Management Forecasting Numbers 43

The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 9, 2022

Other than perhaps taking public transportation to work, what else can a CFO do more than any other average person? These risk assessments are no longer pushed to the back burner of what-if scenarios, but rather companies are treating these scenarios as an important aspect of forecasting. CFOs and climate change: what’s the connection?

CFO 52

CFO Forecasting Leadership Budgeting 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

He noted that paper-based processes are slow and often may not provide insight into the number of invoices outstanding or the dollar value of those invoices currently being processed. Typically, the AP department will struggle to just pay on time or reasonably late,” he told PYMNTS.

Accounts Payable 48

Accounts Payable Invoicing Compliance SAP 48

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

All it took were three clicks of her ruby-red slippers and those five words to transport Dorothy back to Kansas and her beloved Auntie Em and Uncle Henry after she, her dog Toto and her farmhouse were uprooted and transported to the Land of Oz in a tornado. All without having to be tied to a smartphone, tablet or PC. and worldwide.

Sales 65

Sales Transportation Numbers Forecasting 65

The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This puts more pressure on the CFO, as it is yet another element to keep in mind when budgeting and forecasting. Keeping up to date with the competition in financial outlook perspectives will provide the best possible forecasting scenarios for each organization, including hard-to-predict volatility and real time updates. Conclusion.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Valuation Budgeting CFO 52

PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

One recent report forecasts an annual growth rate of 30 percent or more over the next three years for China’s sharing economy, “thanks to the pub­lic’s ac­tive par­tic­i­pa­tion, govern­ment’s pol­icy sup­port and ma­ture busi­ness mode.” percent compared with 2017. For cars, it was 61 percent.

Transportation 49

Transportation Forecasting Startups Retail 49

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Customers get the time-savings and convenience from having grocery shopping (and delivery, if chosen) done for them, but they pay in the form on both delivery fees and a service charge of 5-10% of the bill, depending on the store picked and the number of items in the basket.

Profit and Loss 131

Profit and Loss Valuation Advertising Investments 131

Jedox Finance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This eliminates silos, bridges performance management gaps, and adds richer context to the numbers. Moving from siloed departments and disparate systems to IBP eliminates inconsistent reports and forecasts, which contribute to a lack of transparency and duplicated efforts.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 59

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Planning Budgeting SAP 59

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

percent for the month of August, leading many industry experts to predict that demand for new vehicles is slowing down and 2016 sales figures won’t come anywhere close to the record number of vehicles sold in 2015. ” So, what’s behind these dwindling sales numbers, and is it really time for the auto industry to panic? ”

Sales 40

Sales Manufacturing Transportation Economics 40

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 26, 2023

I am not much of a car person and view cars primarily as a mode of transportation. The 2022 third quarter report included news that revenues would come in below analyst estimates, both in dollar value and number of cares. per share in 2022.

Valuation 99

Valuation Investments Manufacturing Marketing 99

PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

By The Numbers. percent to $128 billion, well ahead of analyst forecasts of $125.9 Beyond The Numbers. We’re continuing to aggressively roll out grocery pickup and delivery in the U.S., and we recently announced expanded omnichannel initiatives in China and Mexico. Q2 revenues jumped 3.8 billion (96 cents a share) a year ago.

Profit and Loss 40

Profit and Loss eCommerce Sales Forecasting 40

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2018

As eCommerce and delivery companies fight an increasingly tough battle to streamline costs and compete for customers, a number of firms are moving to take control over logistics and distribution, as the cost savings and efficiencies can help accelerate growth and lower the expense of making final delivery to the customer.

eCommerce 43

eCommerce Transportation Manufacturing Sales 43