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    How to Use the 5 Best Practices of Inventory Management

    Posted by Protiviti KnowledgeLeader on Fri, Mar 15, 2019 @ 02:20 PM

    Inventory planners and managers today find themselves engaged in a delicate balancing act. On one hand, they strive at all costs to stay competitive in a marketplace that continues to demand more customized products and faster delivery services. On the other hand, they are still obliged to keep the actual cost of maintaining such complex inventory down to a minimum. Despite the dilemma, however, companies that apply best practices know firsthand how an efficient inventory management system can transform a business. Some have even reported improvements of up to 90 percent in throughput times and defect levels.

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    Topics: Supply Chain, Vendor Management, Accounting/Finance, Performance Management/Measurement, Inventory & Materials Management, Accounts Payable & Purchasing

    How to Get Your Accounts Payable Process to Work for You

    Posted by Protiviti KnowledgeLeader on Thu, Nov 01, 2018 @ 09:12 AM

    One of our leading practices to consider for your accounts payable process is to develop strategic business alliances with suppliers and involve them in developing better ways to process accounts payable.

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    Topics: Supply Chain, Vendor Management, Accounting/Finance, Financial Reporting, Cash & Treasury, Performance Management/Measurement, Accounts Payable & Purchasing

    Measure Cost-of-Quality to Track Conformance and Non-Conformance Costs and Support Resource Allocation to Improve Product Quality

    Posted by Protiviti KnowledgeLeader on Thu, Sep 06, 2018 @ 12:06 PM

    Total quality management requires commitment and persistence. Quality will always have a cost, but many companies are demonstrating that investments in quality always provide returns. Cost-of-quality reporting essentially views costs of quality as "good" costs and "poor" costs. The "good" costs are those incurred by the company in delivering customer satisfaction. The "poor" costs arise from:

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    Topics: Supply Chain, Vendor Management, Performance Management/Measurement, Inventory & Materials Management

    What is Sourcing Risk?

    Posted by Protiviti KnowledgeLeader on Thu, Jul 26, 2018 @ 09:33 AM

    Outsourcing has become a keystone of major business operations to the point that it’s almost a given that large companies will move certain expensive business processes and labor-intensive activities to a third-party. Is this always the best option?

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    Topics: Internal Audit, Supply Chain, Vendor Management, Performance Management/Measurement, Outsourcing/Co-sourcing/Shared Services, Accounts Payable & Purchasing

    Inventory Management Sample Process Interview Questions

    Posted by Protiviti KnowledgeLeader on Fri, Jul 28, 2017 @ 08:23 AM

    This extensive list of questions can be asked during an interview for an inventory audit.

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    Topics: Supply Chain, Vendor Management, Accounting/Finance, Inventory & Materials Management

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