A RECENT survey of business leaders in the United States shows that spending priorities have shifted from “cut everything” to “invest carefully.” In its quarterly Finance Priorities Survey in July 2020, Brainyard surveyed 130 finance and non-finance executives and found...

The COVID-19 pandemic has created massive turmoil for global economies and supply chains. Making the safety of customers and employees the topmost priority amid sudden change in consumer needs and government policies has prompted manufacturers and distributors to become more...

Lockdowns due to the pandemic have caused temporary and long-term business closures, bringing drastic changes in the way people live and work. Lockdowns have also caused disruption in the delivery of goods. Commodities and raw materials have seen bottlenecks, fueling...

Financial planning has become more challenging amid the pandemic which altered the way people work and conduct their business. Most companies actually revised their 2020 capital expenditure budget by the middle of the year after governments across the world imposed...

A RECENT survey of 166 chief financial officers (CFOs) across 23 different industries shows that a large number of them feel that managing too many responsibilities is their biggest challenge. A white paper from Brainyard tracked the results of the...