Working Capital

Best Practices

The Rising Stakes of Falling Trust

Christopher Roark |

It may be perceived as a “soft” asset, but when trust in an organization drops, that shift may hit the bottom line.

Analysis

How Should CFOs Leverage Treasury in 2019?

Alex Wolff |

As uncertainty grows in the global economy, finance chiefs need their treasury teams to optimize three core functions: cash management, working capital management, and risk management.

Best Practices

How to Make Your ‘Dash for Cash’ Sustainable

Liselore Kolff |

7 steps for releasing cash before the end of the year, while establishing a healthy working capital management lifestyle for the long term.

Analysis

Can a Robot Help Improve Working Capital?

Liselore Kolff |

Best Practices

Failure to Launch

Mahendra Gupta & Richard J. Palmer |

How to identify and improve underperforming purchasing card programs.

Alexander Hamilton Awards

Center of Excellence for Millions of Consumer Payments

Meg Waters |

Congratulations to Anthem, Inc., winner of the 2018 Gold Alexander Hamilton Award in Technology Excellence!

Best Practices

AI and Machine Learning in the Order-to-Cash Cycle

Eric Bussy |

How companies can harness artificial intelligence to reduce errors, increase customer service, and improve efficiency from order to fulfillment to payment reconciliation.

Analysis

Where Working Capital Is Working Best

Treasury and Risk |

For the largest U.S. organizations, the cash conversion cycle continues to shrink, driven by extensions in payment terms. But some companies have a lot of ground to cover before they reach the working capital efficiency of the top-tier firms.

Alexander Hamilton Awards

Structuring More Efficient Finance Workflows

Meg Waters |

Congratulations to Microsoft for winning the 2018 Gold Alexander Hamilton Award in Liquidity Management!

Analysis

The Future of Real-Time Global Payments

Bob Stark |

Immediate settlement of cross-border transactions has proven an elusive goal, but technology continues to move corporate treasuries in that direction.