Optimizing Back Office Operations: Best Practices to Maximize Profitability

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John Wiley & Sons, Jan 28, 2010 - Business & Economics - 224 pages
According to industry experts, a typical one billion dollar company spends approximately $27 million on unnecessary working capital and inefficient processing functions because they lack visibility into the financial supply chain. Optimizing Back Office Operations: Best Practices to Maximize Profitability uses examples and case studies to show how cost optimization—and not cost reduction—in the core back office operations is the right approach to maximizing profitability and enterprise value. Implementation guidance is provided for Executives, CFOs, and Controllers on transitioning from outdated processes to a fully-optimized financial supply chain.
 

Contents

Strategic Choices
27
Entering
45
Working Capital Processes
59
Conclusion
65
A System
69
Process Optimization
86
Conclusion
92
Optimizing Accounts Receivable
125
Optimizing Purchasing
147
Optimizing Treasury Operations
171
Epilogue
203
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ZAHID KHALID is Managing Partner at The Hardstone Group, a management consulting practice specializing in helping clients increase profitability through improvements in financial supply chain processes. He has authored numerous articles on finance and technology in various industry publications and is a frequent presenter at events related to working capital optimization. He can be reached via the firm's Web site: www.hardstonegroup.com.

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