Avatar and Axway bring SWIFT technology to the masses

Multinationals need to replace their fragmented policies and legacy systems with ultra-safe, ultra-sophisticated and ultra-standardized platforms and practices

The globalization of business sourcing and outsourcing has raised the bar when it comes to supply chain risks. Nearly 75% of 110 risk managers surveyed by Marsh Inc. reported higher supply chain risk levels since 2005, while 71% reported increased costs as a result of unexpected disruptions during those years

Sure there are problems, but not if you stay on top of the risks

The essentials of supply chain risk

Whether or not you are at a high-profile company like Google or Eli Lilly, CFOs are under constant scrutiny from top management, the board, shareholders, analysts and regulators these days. CFOs are definitely being watched. But some admittedly deserve the attention more than others. This year’s choice of Google’s George Reyes and Eli Lilly’s Derica Rice is based not only on their financial acumen and innovation, but also for the mettle they have shown dealing with growth, crisis and the corporate version of celebrity.

Few finance executives think of p-cards when it comes to centralizing accounts/payable, but a handful of the big banks have developed programs that are making finance departments and treasuries take a second look

To create a seamless supply chain, every link must feel like it's winning

Thanks to Web-based trade finance, treasurers mau finally be able to reduce the inefficiencies that makes trade a cash management nightmare

At Stanley Steemer, p-cards turned out to be a plus for both branch managers and A/P staff

Thanks to Web-based trade finance, treasurers may finally be able to reduce the inefficiencies that make trade a cash management nightmare

GMAC Mortgage Corp.'s treasury is located in Horsham, Pa., at a considerable distance from either New York City or Washington. But on Sept. 11, its cash management operations might as well have been located in lower Manhattan since the bank that handled its transactions was.

The best story on supply chain risk is in the numbers—companies that don't have strategies in place to cover disruption pay in share price