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McKinsey: The new digital edge: Rethinking strategy for the postpandemic era
June 23, 2021
“The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the pace of business, and the companies with superior technology capabilities are winning…What was considered best-in-class speed for most business practices in 2018 is now slower than average. And at companies with the strongest technology endowments, respondents say they are operating at an even faster pace.”
SF Magazine: Contract Manufacturing for OEM CFOs
June 17, 2021
“The CFO’s team should be involved in all outsourcing decisions, including CMO selection and management. Throughout the selection process, the CFO provides leadership and a framework for evaluating decisions and expected results from a cash and operational risk perspective. Perhaps most importantly, finance professionals help evaluate costs, calculate what-if scenarios, and analyze the risks and rewards of different production or logistics options…The CFO identifies relevant costs, drilling down into details such as inbound freight, labor, overhead, capital, and inventory.”
CFO Dive: CFOs Substantially Raise Their Growth Expectations
June 16, 2021
“Nearly all CFOs agreed on the benefit of tech investments. They named changing customer demands (47%) and disruptive technologies (40%) as the top-two drivers for digital transformation…In shepherding those transformation goals across the finish line, 42% of CFOs said their primary role is as co-leader of the transformation; another 19% said they’re a sponsor or enabler, and 16% called themselves leaders.”
CFO Dive: Only 5% of CFOs Have 'Future-Ready' Operations: Survey
June 15, 2021
“For 27% of finance leaders, the necessary data is trapped across systems or organized manually in spreadsheets, which prevents them from drawing insights and value.”
