Optimizing Back–Office Operations – Best Practices to Maximize Profitability

Preface.
<p>CHAPTER 1 Profits: The Reason a Business Exists.</p>
<p>Profitability Defined.</p>
<p>Profitability Equation and Related Metrics.</p>
<p>Liquidity, Growth, and Financial Flexibility.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>CHAPTER 2 Cost and Capability: Strategic Choices.</p>
<p>Capability: One Size Does Not Fit All.</p>
<p>Cost: You Get What You Pay For.</p>
<p>Measuring Capability.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>CHAPTER 3 Financial Supply Chain: Entering the Gold Mine.</p>
<p>What Is the Financial Supply Chain?</p>
<p>Working Capital Defined.</p>
<p>Working Capital Processes.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>CHAPTER 4 Platform for Execution: A System for Maximizing Profits.</p>
<p>Process Benchmarking.</p>
<p>Process Optimization.</p>
<p>Process Automation.</p>
<p>Process Integration.</p>
<p>Process Standardization.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>CHAPTER 5 Optimizing Accounts Payable.</p>
<p>Implications of A/P Effectiveness.</p>
<p>Best Practices.</p>
<p>Enabling Technologies.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>CHAPTER 6 Optimizing Accounts Receivable.</p>
<p>Implications of A/R Effectiveness.</p>
<p>Best Practices.</p>
<p>Enabling Technologies.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>CHAPTER 7 Optimizing Purchasing.</p>
<p>Implications of Purchasing Effectiveness.</p>
<p>Best Practices.</p>
<p>Enabling Technologies.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>CHAPTER 8 Optimizing Treasury Operations.</p>
<p>Implications of Treasury Effectiveness.</p>
<p>Best Practices.</p>
<p>Enabling Technologies.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>Epilogue.</p>
<p>Index</p>