September 30th, 2008

Dateline Wall Street: Have you Seen Your Inventory Bottom Line Lately?

What happens when credit markets squeeze companies? How does it impact the supply chain?
Big Time.

When credit was cheap, inventory didn’t cost just as much. Now, inventory costs have increased due to the added cost of borrowing. In financial terms, it just got a whole lot tougher to manage working capital. Executives are […]

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September 27th, 2008

Commercial Paper & Treasury Markets Impact on Supply Chain Performance

Every day treasurers and treasury departments look at their cash positions and, based upon what they need to do this week or this month (if they need cash), they go to the commercial paper market and ask to borrow, say $900,000 (for the day or week).
In exchange (as this is a loan) they pay […]

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