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An Importer’s View: Efficiency and Differentiation Make a Compelling Case for the BPO

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October 2016 9 Min Read

Working Capital Strategies to Drive Shareholder Value

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August 2016 5 Min Read

Managing Capital Market Transactions – The View from In-House Counsel

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March 2016 8 Min Read

Achieving Working Capital Maturity: The Secrets of the Champions

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September 2015 7 Min Read

Facilitating Growth Through Efficient Working Capital

Facilitating Growth Through Efficient Working Capital by Sebastian Vestergaard, CFO, Joe & the Juice with Paula da Silva, Head of Transaction Services, SEB Treasurers and CFOs are well aware that managing working capital is essential to the financial health of a...

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September 2015 7 Min Read

Supply Chain Finance Comes of Age

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September 2015 7 Min Read

Economic Clouds Bring Out the Sun for Supply Chain Finance in Latin America

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September 2015 4 Min Read

Head2Head: A Balance of Economic and Process Efficiency

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September 2015 8 Min Read

Uncovering Cash Through Dynamic Working Capital Management

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September 2015 4 Min Read

A Single Port of Call for Financing Receivables Portfolios

A Single Port of Call for Financing Receivables Portfolios by Sebastian Hölker, Head of Structuring and Implementation of Supply Chain Finance Products, Global Transaction Banking, Corporate & Investment Banking, UniCredit  For a long time, corporates...

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September 2015 9 Min Read

Working Capital Management: A Diversifying Landscape

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September 2015 5 Min Read

How Agile is Your Supply Chain?

How Agile is Your Supply Chain? Our research shows that ten operating practices are tied to higher service levels and lower inventory costs. by Raoul Dubeauclard, Kerstin Kubik, and Venu Nagali, McKinsey What would it take for manufacturing businesses to operate like...

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