In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a shamrock shortage in Ireland this St. Patrick’s Day. Yes, you read that correctly and no, it is not a headline from The Onion. The severe weather Ireland has endured this winter coupled with the loss of traditional fields of clover to modern farms has led to a shortage [...]

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While there may be some early signs that the global economic recovery has begun, we’re not out of the woods just yet. The “Great Recession” has fundamentally changed the way businesses organize and measure success. and recalibrated supply markets, introducing new cost and operational risks that businesses cannot overlook. It has also created [...]

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The recent economic turmoil not only forced many small and large companies in the private sector to rethink their cost management strategies, but also prompted governmental bodies and not-for profits to emphasize agility and be more efficient. With fewer tax dollars collected in the past year, governmental agencies - particularly those at the state and [...]

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EcoVadis, whose platform enables companies to measure their global suppliers’ sustainability performance, released the results of their 4th annual survey, the Sustainable Procurement Benchmark Report (download here), earlier this month. Despite the global economic downturn, the survey of 95 procurement executives found a somewhat surprising number of companies in Europe regard their CSR and sustainability [...]

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Last Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported on the “surge in new business” that The Receivables Exchange (full disclosure: The Receivables Exchange is a partner) has experience in the wake of CIT’s financing problems. Through their factoring operations, CIT was one of the largest suppliers of short term liquidity for small and mid-sized businesses in [...]

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