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[Editor’s Note: Today, the second day of 2015, we wrap up our best of 2014 series with our look at the U.S. government’s SupplierPay pledge, which originally appeared on August 25.] On July 11, President Obama announced the SupplierPay pledge. Based on the federal government’s QuickPay initiative, which is designed to pay small federal suppliers more quickly, the [...]

Enterprises around the world want to maximize working capital for a variety of reasons, not least of which includes freeing up cash from operations in order to hire new employees, pay down debt, expand into new markets, or even to provide better returns to shareholders via dividends and stock repurchases. Working capital management is thus [...]

On July 11, President Obama announced the SupplierPay pledge. Based on the federal government’s QuickPay initiative, which is designed to pay small federal suppliers more quickly, the SupplierPay pledge is a voluntary agreement that 26 large companies signed onto, stating they would either pay their small suppliers faster than they currently do or provide access [...]

When last we talked about Nipendo (Nipendo: A Not-So-Little Business Network with Big Dreams), it was a general discussion about the company and its growth trajectory. Today, I’d like to dive a bit deeper into Nipendo Supplier Cloud, the company’s flagship business network. Business networks, as we’ve previously explained (What Every Executive Should Know about [...]

Complexity is the name of the game in today’s globalized, interconnected business world. Who companies are connected to and how you communicate and collaborate matters more than ever. This means that whether you’re a Fortune 50 manufacturer or a Global 2000 CPG firm, you need to pay your suppliers in a reasonable timeframe. There are [...]

We’re living in a global economy. Raw materials mined in China are shipped to factories in Kenya and then the finished goods are sold in U.S. and Western European stores, among other global trade connections. It’s this globalization—and the recent credit crunch of the financial recession—that drives renewed focus on working capital management. You can’t [...]

Nipendo, the provider of a cloud-based P2P-focused platform and Integrate Financial, a new, non-bank finance and technology company announced a partnership to provide supply chain finance solutions to trading partners that leverage Nipendo’s platform. Ardent Partners was briefed on the announcement by Nipendo’s VP of Marketing, Eran Livneh and Integrate Financial’s CEO, Zalman Vitenson, and [...]