June 21st, 2009 by Jim Swift
In the rapidly rising sea of information, someone got left at the dock. It’s easy to find information on public companies. Just go to Yahoo! Finance or do a Google search. But go ahead and try to find information on private companies – especially the millions of smaller ones that we all interact with every [...]
June 12th, 2009 by Alex Coté
Today’s question is courtesy of our eCredit software team. The chart below is based on a review of over 10 million customer-initiated invoice disputes logged by users of the eCredit system in the last 12 months. (total value of these cases is just under $21.7B) While it is possible that the significant increase in dispute [...]
June 8th, 2009 by Jim Swift
The flow of money through the supply chain is as crucial as the flow of goods. While the flow of goods is driven by sales, the flow of money is largely influenced by a company’s confidence that those sales will continue. Strong confidence in sales normally spurs companies to invest in growth initiatives. On the [...]
June 5th, 2009 by Alex Coté
When General Motors filed bankruptcy on Monday, June 1 in New York, much of the focus was on the continued loss of jobs, impact on the overall health of the US economy, and the Obama Administration’s plan for the US automotive industry going forward. In our last post we looked at the auto industry suppliers as a whole – here we dig into the suppliers most impacted by the collapse of GM.
June 4th, 2009 by Alex Coté
I’m constantly amazed at the level of intellectual curiosity of my coworkers. I like to think I am pretty well-read and up on the latest information, but hallway and conference table conversations around here are a learning experience about a wide variety of subjects. It’s interesting to watch someone take a subject that lots of [...]
June 2nd, 2009 by Alex Coté
As you might imagine, we’re data geeks here at Cortera; and with over $250 billion a month of payment records to play with, we spend a fair amount of time trying to interpret and summarize what we see. One of the statistics that we thought was striking was the percent of payments that were reported [...]
