According to a study released today by GE Capital Fleet Services, companies that own their vehicle fleets report that they are challenged by capital expenditure limitations and the total cost of ownership of their fleets. Nearly 200 CFOs ...
Tags: fleet operations, managing activities, Auto
China's manufacturing sector expanded in August but at a significantly slower pace, as production rates and new orders softened. The Flash China Manufacturing PMI, published by HSBC in conjunction with Markit Economics, fell 1.4 points to ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, China Manufacturing
According to a new IBM study, 82 percent of CFOs see the value of integrating enterprise-wide data, but only 24 percent think their team is up to the task. This marks a 205 percent increase in the gap between the importance of data and ...
Tags: Computer Products
The troubled rollout of Obamacare has made it so unpopular it is now being blamed for health insurance problems it had nothing to do with, according to a new report. Nearly half of upper-middle-income Americans (those with annual household ...
Tags: Insurance Costs, Obamacare
CFOs are frustrated with "excessive IT costs" and limited insights into their business despite IT investments, acccording to joint research from Oxford Economics and consulting firm AlixPartners. The two organisations initially brought in ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
NetSuite Inc., the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites, announced the top reasons businesses, in a recent survey conducted by market research agency YouGov, would replace ...
Tags: Switching ERP Providers, Textile
Economic growth will slow significantly in 2014 in both industrialized nations and emerging markets. Germany's GDP is expected to grow by just 1%. The Chinese economy will also cool down significantly after years of double-digit growth: ...
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In "Global Growth in 2013—Outlook and Risk Factors", the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) queried 130 corporate leaders from its council programs, including CEOs, CFOs, presidents, and heads of operations, ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
In new jobs after graduating from university, Eric Perriard and Tom Wright found their employers could articulate grandiose strategies for their businesses. But there was little connection to how the average employee could help out. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
During the past year, chief financial officers (CFOs) have grown significantly more confident in the U.S. economy, according to the 2013 Spring CFO Survey from Grant Thornton LLP. The survey findings reveal that 45% of respondents believe ...
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Approximately 94% of equipment finance industry professionals believe the business conditions will improve or remain the same in the next four months, according to the results of a recent survey. The Equipment Leasing and Finance ...
Approximately 94% of equipment finance industry professionals believe the business conditions will improve or remain the same in the next four months, according to the results of a recent survey. The Equipment Leasing and Finance ...
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is planning to invest Rs. 434.48 billion (about US$ 8 billion) in petrochemical projects over the next four years. The petrochemical investment is part of the about US$ 27 billion investment planned by ...
Tags: RIL, Petrochemical Projects, Textile
Even though PC giants Hewlett-Packard and Dell reported significant year-over-year sales declines, tech stocks, buoyed by signs of confidence from other IT vendors, started to rise again Friday after slumping for most of the week. Vendors ...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IT industry
Despite PC giants HP and Dell reporting significant year-over-year sales declines, tech stocks, buoyed by signs of confidence from other IT vendors, began to rise again Friday after slumping for most of the week. Vendors in diverse ...
Tags: PC, HP, Dell, tech stocks