Optimizing Back Office Operations: Best Practices to Maximize Profitability (Hardcover)

Preface.

CHAPTER 1 Profits: The Reason a Business Exists.

Profitability Defined.

Profitability Equation and Related Metrics.

Liquidity, Growth, and Financial Flexibility.

Conclusion.

CHAPTER 2 Cost and Capability: Strategic Choices.

Capability: One Size Does Not Fit All.

Cost: You Get What You Pay For.

Measuring Capability.

Conclusion.

CHAPTER 3 Financial Supply Chain: Entering the Gold Mine.

What Is the Financial Supply Chain?

Working Capital Defined.

Working Capital Processes.

Conclusion.

CHAPTER 4 Platform for Execution: A System for Maximizing Profits.

Process Benchmarking.

Process Optimization.

Process Automation.

Process Integration.

Process Standardization.

Conclusion.

CHAPTER 5 Optimizing Accounts Payable.

Implications of A/P Effectiveness.

Best Practices.

Enabling Technologies.

Conclusion.

CHAPTER 6 Optimizing Accounts Receivable.

Implications of A/R Effectiveness.

Best Practices.

Enabling Technologies.

Conclusion.

CHAPTER 7 Optimizing Purchasing.

Implications of Purchasing Effectiveness.

Best Practices.

Enabling Technologies.

Conclusion.

CHAPTER 8 Optimizing Treasury Operations.

Implications of Treasury Effectiveness.

Best Practices.

Enabling Technologies.

Conclusion.

Epilogue.

Index