The largest public companies in the U.S. chose to go even further into debt in 2015 instead of driving cash out of their businesses by improving how they collect from customers, pay suppliers and manage inventory, according to the annual working capital survey from REL, a division of The Hackett Group Inc. Overall working capital performance continued to degrade, reaching poorest performance levels since the 2008 financial crisis.
HICX, a vendor of supplier-management applications, has joined with Aveiroe Europe, a professional services firm specializing in recovery audits, to provide an end-to-end supplier-assurance service.
Let's face it: everyone likes to get a good deal on a purchase. For many consumers, saving money on something isn’t just a delightful coincidence: it's a necessity. This reality will also sound very familiar to businesses that are working with limited resources and stretched budgets. The pressure is on to save money on purchasing decisions, and that can make going with the lowest priced option seem like a good idea.
With more than 100,000 freight carriers operating in North America, sophisticated shippers long ago realized the only way to successfully and efficiently procure transportation was by hosting regular bidding events.
Progistics Distribution, a provider of "last-mile" distribution and logistics services, has launched eDemand, a web application that provides businesses with same-day and on-demand delivery within a 200-mile radius of major metropolitan areas served by Progistics.