This presentation looks at supply chain management including the pressures facing business as well as need to look at better ways to adopt technology as part of managing their business cycle.
This document discusses why businesses should undertake gap analysis. Gap analysis involves analyzing how actual performance compares to the original budget and identifying actions to address differences. The author recommends moving beyond Excel for gap analysis to use tools that provide more predictive analytics and real-time reporting. Scenario planning should also be part of the process to account for changing market conditions. Industries trends, economic indicators, and third party analyses can be incorporated into gap analysis to improve its effectiveness.
This document provides an overview of iNovasion's value proposition and solutions. iNovasion helps organizations sustain with strategy, compete with analytics, comply with control, and be accountable with governance. They leverage a client's current management information infrastructure and are focused on performance management and business intelligence solutions. Their approach involves analyzing requirements, designing and implementing solutions, and providing training and support through project and change management. Their solutions include performance management, consolidation and reporting, planning and forecasting, business intelligence, and more. A case study describes how they helped a manufacturing client gain insights into sales, operations, productivity, inventory, quality and other metrics.
Overcoming key challenges in supplier management webinarOpusCapita
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Information Systems Efficiency For BusinessJohn Haugstad
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Get to grips with FRTB data and data management requirementsLeigh Hill
The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) sets out a revised market risk framework and proposals to improve capital requirements. Although the regulation’s compliance deadline is 18 months away and some details have yet to be finalised, financial institutions need to be preparing now as FRTB is complex, presents significant data management challenges and could have a considerable impact on trading desks.
Join the webinar to find out about:
-State of play on FRTB
-Key data management challenges
-Approaches to compliance
-Technology solutions
-Impact on trading desks
Este guia de estudos para atualidades aborda diversos temas como: (1) a reforma da previdência social no Brasil e as mudanças proposta; (2) a rejeição do presidente americano Trump à globalização; (3) as principais fontes energéticas do Brasil e suas características. O guia inclui links para slides e vídeos sobre demografia e fontes de energia para apoiar o estudo destes temas.
This document discusses why businesses should undertake gap analysis. Gap analysis involves analyzing how actual performance compares to the original budget and identifying actions to address differences. The author recommends moving beyond Excel for gap analysis to use tools that provide more predictive analytics and real-time reporting. Scenario planning should also be part of the process to account for changing market conditions. Industries trends, economic indicators, and third party analyses can be incorporated into gap analysis to improve its effectiveness.
This document provides an overview of iNovasion's value proposition and solutions. iNovasion helps organizations sustain with strategy, compete with analytics, comply with control, and be accountable with governance. They leverage a client's current management information infrastructure and are focused on performance management and business intelligence solutions. Their approach involves analyzing requirements, designing and implementing solutions, and providing training and support through project and change management. Their solutions include performance management, consolidation and reporting, planning and forecasting, business intelligence, and more. A case study describes how they helped a manufacturing client gain insights into sales, operations, productivity, inventory, quality and other metrics.
Overcoming key challenges in supplier management webinarOpusCapita
This document summarizes a conversation between Yaron Nadbornik, Head of Procurement at Sato, and Rowan Lemley about overcoming key challenges in supplier engagement. The discussion focused on three main challenges: 1) distinguishing between supplier performance management and risk management, 2) improving supplier information management and enabling self-service, and 3) fostering collaboration and a partnership culture with suppliers. The conversation provided insights into how Sato is addressing these challenges and highlighted the importance of understanding impacts to the broader organization.
Information Systems Efficiency For BusinessJohn Haugstad
The document summarizes how transforming information systems (IS) processes can drive efficiency gains across key business areas like sales, projects, and management. The spearheads representing these areas are drawn in red to indicate they are the highest savers, with potential savings of 75% each. Positive spinoffs include improved compliance, security, collaboration and costs. Everyone in sales, projects and management can benefit from both savings and better collaboration. An example case shows how improving efficiency by 50% and 5% for projects and document control respectively could yield total savings of $9 million. Transforming IS applications and infrastructure to use single, secure content can enable more efficient information flow both internally and externally.
Get to grips with FRTB data and data management requirementsLeigh Hill
The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) sets out a revised market risk framework and proposals to improve capital requirements. Although the regulation’s compliance deadline is 18 months away and some details have yet to be finalised, financial institutions need to be preparing now as FRTB is complex, presents significant data management challenges and could have a considerable impact on trading desks.
Join the webinar to find out about:
-State of play on FRTB
-Key data management challenges
-Approaches to compliance
-Technology solutions
-Impact on trading desks
Este guia de estudos para atualidades aborda diversos temas como: (1) a reforma da previdência social no Brasil e as mudanças proposta; (2) a rejeição do presidente americano Trump à globalização; (3) as principais fontes energéticas do Brasil e suas características. O guia inclui links para slides e vídeos sobre demografia e fontes de energia para apoiar o estudo destes temas.
El documento describe las 5 fases del proceso de coaching: 1) Explorar, en la cual se identifican objetivos y fortalezas del coachee; 2) Enfocar, para definir un objetivo específico; 3) Analizar, usando herramientas como DAFO y Johari para evaluar recursos; 4) Planificar, desarrollando pasos con Ishikawa; y 5) Actuar, implementando los pasos planificados para alcanzar el objetivo. Cada fase utiliza técnicas como rueda de vida, quiero/tengo y META para definir de
Este documento fornece informações sobre serviços contábeis e assessoria empresarial oferecidos em Curitiba e regiões, e sobre uma parceria para oferecer cursos de teatro nos condomínios da região de Santa Cândida.
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Graphene has many potential applications including batteries, supercapacitors, photovoltaic cells, and flexible displays. It can enhance battery life and durability. Graphene batteries and supercapacitors can store hundreds of times more charge than current technologies. It is also used in solar cells as an alternative to silicon and makes them less expensive to produce. Graphene allows flexible organic light-emitting diode displays to be created without breakage and enables next-generation high-speed electronics and low-cost mobile displays.
This document provides information about a proposed hibiscus iced tea product called HIBSY. It includes details on the nutritional content, health benefits of hibiscus, market research on the Indian beverage market, manufacturing process, company ownership, subject matter experts consulted, segmentation and positioning strategy, and financial projections. The marketing strategy involves launching in Delhi and Mumbai on World Health Day and promoting at health events. Financial projections estimate annual sales of 1.92 million bottles and a net annual profit of 20 lakhs with a break even period of 2-3 years.
The document outlines Turkey's Vision 2023 Plan for the pharmaceutical industry. The plan aims to make Turkey a regional leader and global center for pharmaceutical production and R&D. Key goals include increasing exports to $500 million, boosting R&D spending to 3% of national income, and making Turkey the 10th largest economy. The plan focuses on improving research, increasing exports, enhancing product quality, becoming a regional central office, and attracting permanent investment. Successful implementation of the plan's regulatory, support, and infrastructure initiatives is expected to significantly grow Turkey's pharmaceutical industry and reduce its trade deficit by 2023.
Los gestores de contenido como los sistemas de gestión de aprendizaje, wikis y sitios web permiten controlar y publicar contenido de forma colaborativa. Los sistemas de gestión de aprendizaje facilitan el aprendizaje en línea a través de herramientas como foros y evaluaciones. Los wikis permiten que múltiples usuarios editen páginas de forma cooperativa. Los sitios web son conjuntos de páginas con un dominio común utilizados para comunicar ofertas o información.
The College Park City Council discussed disbanding the Neighborhood Watch Steering Committee at their meeting. The committee, established in 2011, had become inactive with all positions vacant. The city's public services director outlined options to either disband the committee or appoint new members since it was no longer active. Both the mayor and a council member agreed that the committee had not accomplished much since being created and that individual neighborhood groups would be more effective than a citywide committee. A decision to disband the committee will be voted on next week.
The document summarizes Canada's employment trends in March 2017 according to various sources. Key points include:
- Construction, information technology, trade, and transportation and warehousing sectors saw employment gains.
- Provincial employment increased in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan while declining in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Locally in Brantford, about 6,300 more people were employed last month than in March 2016, with the majority being full-time permanent positions, indicating a healthy job market.
This presentation looks at geopolitical events including the business requirement to have risk policies as part mitigating risk factors for their business. The presentation will discuss both risk management as well as risk analytics.
Profitability and Costing Solutions - Office of Finance and CFOpaul young cpa, cga
This presentation looks at issues facing business like productivity, costing and margin management. The presentation provides an option to building out costing model like ABC (Activity-based costing) using IBM TM1
More and more companies are embracing technological solutions as part of streaming their reporting and forecasting cycles.
This presentation discusses the role AI will continue to play in reshaping the work done by accounting, tax and FP&A departments.
El documento describe las 5 fases del proceso de coaching: 1) Explorar, en la cual se identifican objetivos y fortalezas del coachee; 2) Enfocar, para definir un objetivo específico; 3) Analizar, usando herramientas como DAFO y Johari para evaluar recursos; 4) Planificar, desarrollando pasos con Ishikawa; y 5) Actuar, implementando los pasos planificados para alcanzar el objetivo. Cada fase utiliza técnicas como rueda de vida, quiero/tengo y META para definir de
Este documento fornece informações sobre serviços contábeis e assessoria empresarial oferecidos em Curitiba e regiões, e sobre uma parceria para oferecer cursos de teatro nos condomínios da região de Santa Cândida.
P1122013 Crecimiento economico y conservación del medioambienteVENTURA Contenidos
El crecimiento económico y la conservación del medio ambiente son dos conceptos que tradicionalmente se han considerado incompatibles, pero este documento argumenta que es posible lograr un desarrollo sostenible que promueva el crecimiento económico sin dañar al medio ambiente si se adoptan políticas y tecnologías adecuadas.
Glosararium card debat, fauzi dan adity xotr1 vocsten malangNuril anwar
Teks debat adalah teks yang membahas masalah kontroversial dengan menggunakan argumen sanggahan dan bukti untuk mendukung atau menolak posisi. Struktur teks debat terdiri atas isu, argumen, dan simpulan. Ciri-ciri teks debat adalah menggunakan kalimat sanggahan, deklarasi, dan penolakan.
Graphene has many potential applications including batteries, supercapacitors, photovoltaic cells, and flexible displays. It can enhance battery life and durability. Graphene batteries and supercapacitors can store hundreds of times more charge than current technologies. It is also used in solar cells as an alternative to silicon and makes them less expensive to produce. Graphene allows flexible organic light-emitting diode displays to be created without breakage and enables next-generation high-speed electronics and low-cost mobile displays.
This document provides information about a proposed hibiscus iced tea product called HIBSY. It includes details on the nutritional content, health benefits of hibiscus, market research on the Indian beverage market, manufacturing process, company ownership, subject matter experts consulted, segmentation and positioning strategy, and financial projections. The marketing strategy involves launching in Delhi and Mumbai on World Health Day and promoting at health events. Financial projections estimate annual sales of 1.92 million bottles and a net annual profit of 20 lakhs with a break even period of 2-3 years.
The document outlines Turkey's Vision 2023 Plan for the pharmaceutical industry. The plan aims to make Turkey a regional leader and global center for pharmaceutical production and R&D. Key goals include increasing exports to $500 million, boosting R&D spending to 3% of national income, and making Turkey the 10th largest economy. The plan focuses on improving research, increasing exports, enhancing product quality, becoming a regional central office, and attracting permanent investment. Successful implementation of the plan's regulatory, support, and infrastructure initiatives is expected to significantly grow Turkey's pharmaceutical industry and reduce its trade deficit by 2023.
Los gestores de contenido como los sistemas de gestión de aprendizaje, wikis y sitios web permiten controlar y publicar contenido de forma colaborativa. Los sistemas de gestión de aprendizaje facilitan el aprendizaje en línea a través de herramientas como foros y evaluaciones. Los wikis permiten que múltiples usuarios editen páginas de forma cooperativa. Los sitios web son conjuntos de páginas con un dominio común utilizados para comunicar ofertas o información.
The College Park City Council discussed disbanding the Neighborhood Watch Steering Committee at their meeting. The committee, established in 2011, had become inactive with all positions vacant. The city's public services director outlined options to either disband the committee or appoint new members since it was no longer active. Both the mayor and a council member agreed that the committee had not accomplished much since being created and that individual neighborhood groups would be more effective than a citywide committee. A decision to disband the committee will be voted on next week.
The document summarizes Canada's employment trends in March 2017 according to various sources. Key points include:
- Construction, information technology, trade, and transportation and warehousing sectors saw employment gains.
- Provincial employment increased in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan while declining in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Locally in Brantford, about 6,300 more people were employed last month than in March 2016, with the majority being full-time permanent positions, indicating a healthy job market.
This presentation looks at geopolitical events including the business requirement to have risk policies as part mitigating risk factors for their business. The presentation will discuss both risk management as well as risk analytics.
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This presentation looks at issues facing business like productivity, costing and margin management. The presentation provides an option to building out costing model like ABC (Activity-based costing) using IBM TM1
More and more companies are embracing technological solutions as part of streaming their reporting and forecasting cycles.
This presentation discusses the role AI will continue to play in reshaping the work done by accounting, tax and FP&A departments.
Strengthen Internal Controls and Compliance through Data and AI as part of th...paul young cpa, cga
This document discusses how organizations can strengthen internal controls and compliance through the use of data and AI as part of regulatory and corporate reporting cycles. It outlines Paul Young's background and expertise in various areas related to finance, risk management, sustainability, and emerging technologies. The document then covers topics like the types of compliance risk, internal control frameworks, challenges facing finance departments, and how data and AI can help streamline processes like close/consolidate/reporting and ESG reporting. Key regulatory challenges for 2023 are also summarized.
Artificial Intelligence role as part of automating reporting for Accounting a...paul young cpa, cga
This document discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) can benefit accounting and finance departments. It describes AI as computer systems that work and react like humans through activities like speech recognition, learning, planning, and problem solving. The document outlines three ways accounting can benefit from AI: investing in predictable analytics, exploring tools for faster responses, and using behavioral analytics for cross-servicing. It also lists some key accounting requirements that AI can support, such as time-series data analysis, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance. Finally, the document promotes IBM solutions for close, consolidation and reporting tasks that can help automate processes and reduce cycle times.
This presentation looks at both the market trends as well as pressure points facing retailers. More and more business is being conducted online as such retailers of all shapes and sizes are looking for technology solutions that emphasises analytics, risk management and close and disclose cycle
Artificial intelligence (ai) with Value for Money Auditingpaul young cpa, cga
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Analytics driving innovation and efficiency in BankingGianpaolo Zampol
Point of view around main trends and challenges to leverage Analytics in Banking industry, looking for Brazilian market landscape.
Overview on key and emerging topics: Big Data & Analytics, Fundamental Review of Trading Book (FRTB) and Risk-Adjusted Performance Management (RAPM)
This presentations looks at the issues facing accounting and finance department. The speed of change including use of AI is becoming more and more important to business.
Strengthen Internal Controls and Compliance through Data and AI as part of th...paul young cpa, cga
This document discusses how organizations can strengthen internal controls and compliance through the use of data and AI as part of regulatory and corporate reporting processes. It outlines Paul Young's background and expertise in areas such as risk management, sustainability reporting, and the use of emerging technologies. The document then covers topics like the types of compliance risks, internal control frameworks, top regulatory challenges, and how data and AI can help improve various processes within the close, consolidate, and reporting cycle. Specific challenges for the CFO role around digital transformation, workforce priorities, and boosting resilience are also examined.
This document discusses how geopolitical events can impact business. It defines geopolitics as studying foreign policy through geographical variables like resources and demographics. Geopolitical risks to business include global supply chain integration and exposure to changes in governments, regulations, taxes and infrastructure in different countries. The document highlights the 2017 Gulf crisis between Qatar and neighboring Arab states as a major geopolitical risk and notes that more companies are including risk management in their reporting to mitigate such risks.
Reporting Challenges for Accounting and Finance - January 2017paul young cpa, cga
This is presentation looks at reporting issues facing businesses in 2017 and beyond. The emphasis of the presentation will on areas like big data, accounting standards, demands of business and risk analytics
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This document discusses challenges that businesses face with closing the accounting cycle, consolidating financial data, and reporting. It notes that the median time to complete this process is 15 days for large companies, though some take up to 25 days. Continuous accounting and financial performance management (FPM) solutions are presented as ways to streamline the process. Risk management spending by financial institutions is also summarized, including areas of governance, integration, and financial crime compliance. Contact information is provided for IBM solutions that address these issues.
Business struggles with close, consolidate and reporting cycle june 2017paul young cpa, cga
This presentation looks at pressure points for accounting and finance department as part of completing their close cycle. CFO are being pushed by businesses for more continuous reporting.
How to improve the Governance Model for the Public Sector - United States - S...paul young cpa, cga
This document provides a summary of strategies to improve governance in government. It discusses factors that impact governance like transparency and accountability. It recommends using performance audits to assess key performance indicators and ensure recommendations are implemented. Other strategies include improving data ethics and literacy, mitigating geopolitical risks, adopting ESG reporting, and using technology like audit analytics and AI to enhance governance. The overall goal is for government to deliver programs and tax policies with value for money and transparency.
Jeffrey Taylor has over 19 years of experience in change management and business transformation. He has worked with many large companies implementing lean process improvements and continuous improvement methodologies. Some of his responsibilities include value stream mapping, leading kaizen events, training employees, and developing lean roadmaps. He aims to simplify processes, improve productivity, reduce costs and increase quality.
Durable Goods and Capital Spending - United States and the World - May 2023.pptxpaul young cpa, cga
Blog – Durable Goods and Capital Spending Analysis and Commentary – June 2023
Summary:
The monthly increase in durable goods orders was $4.9 billion and was largely driven by transportation equipment that was up for the third consecutive month, the U.S. Census Bureau said in the report.
The core durable goods section, which excludes the volatile transportation sector, was up 0.6% in May versus the expected drop of 0.1%. Excluding defense, new orders rose 3%.
The government’s durables report covers items with an expected life of at least three years, such as kitchen appliances, computers, furniture, autos, and airplanes. Economists carefully watch the data for signs of where the economy might be heading.
Despite the stronger-than-expected report, analysts still see weakness in investment to come.
“The wider evidence still suggests that business equipment investment has further to fall,” said Capital Economics deputy chief U.S. economist Andrew Hunter. “While the drag from higher rates on residential investment appears to be fading, we still think the hit to business investment has further to run.”
Source: https://www.kitco.com/news/2023-06-27/U-S-durable-goods-beat-expectations-in-May-gold-price-keeps-its-daily-gains.html
Additional sources and links:
Economic outlook - https://www.advisorperspectives.com/articles/2023/06/26/deduction-index-economic-and-market-swedroe?utm_source=articles_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=item_link
Equity Market - https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/insights/taking-stock-quarterly-outlook
Machine tools orders - https://www.amtonline.org/article/us-cutting-tool-orders-totaled-usd190-0-million-in-april-2023-bringing-year
Automation - https://techjury.net/blog/jobs-lost-to-automation-statistics/ or Blog – Top Six reasons to step up Business Automation - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-young-055632b_six-reasons-not-to-let-economic-uncertainty-activity-7079137391667515392-MV7v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Construction costs - https://www.on-sitemag.com/construction/construction-costs-remain-problematic/1003979723/
Infrastructure - https://www.contractornews.com/673/government-infrastructure-spending-bolsters-construction-industry
Sustainable Financing - https://about.bankofamerica.com/en/making-an-impact/sustainable-finance
Mitigation - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lack-funds-risks-europe-missing-climate-goals-auditors-say-2023-06-26/
Seminar why & how to use business intelligence slidesSmeebi
Smeebi's CEO Rob Connell introduces online business analytics for small business owners and their accountants at the Business Show and Accountex, ExCel, London, on June 6th & 7th 2013, Through Smeebi's Cloud based approached we can democratize BI,
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Retail Sales and Consumer Spending Analysis and Commentary - July 2023.pptxpaul young cpa, cga
Canadian retail sales dropped 0.3% in August, the first decline since March, as higher interest rates start to impact household budgets. Seven of the nine retail subsectors saw sales increases in July, led by food and beverage retailers, while motor vehicle and parts dealers saw the largest decrease. Excluding autos, retail sales in July rose 1%, double expectations. The report suggests Canadians are tightening spending as more face higher mortgage payments and gas prices due to Bank of Canada rate hikes aimed at slowing inflation.
Addressing issues with the Public Sector Governance Model.pptxpaul young cpa, cga
The key challenges facing Australian business leaders in 2023 include:
1. Talent acquisition, retention and training staff for digital transformation.
2. Implementing successful digital transformation while managing cyber risks.
3. Adapting to changing regulations and reporting requirements.
Health risks from COVID-19, social reputation concerns, and disruptive emerging technologies are also significant social challenges impacting Australian businesses. Over the next 3-5 years, talent management for digitization, cybersecurity, digital transformation, regulatory changes, and identifying new growth opportunities will be the top challenges according to business leaders.
Global Housing Market Analysis and Commentary- September 2023.pptxpaul young cpa, cga
Summary:
Homebuilders are walking a fine line when it comes to new projects as high mortgage rates curb demand.
New residential construction, including single-family homes and multifamily, dropped 11.3% month over month in August to 1.283 million units on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. That's down 14.8% compared with a year ago and well below the 1.44 million units economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected.
But authorized residential permits — an indicator of potential future activity — rose 6.9% to 1.543 million permits in August from July. That was still down 2.7% from last August. Single-family permits, though, were up 2% from July to 949,000. Multifamily permits came in at 535,000.
The data reflects two opposing forces builders are trying to balance: the ongoing need for new construction to fill in limited inventory and elevated mortgage rates that are hurting their biggest customer right now, the first-time homebuyer.
"High mortgage rates are clearly taking a toll on builder confidence and consumer demand, as a growing number of buyers are electing to defer a home purchase until long-term rates move lower," Robert Dietz, chief economist of the National Association of Home Builders, said Monday in a press release after builder confidence dropped for the second straight month.
Source: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/homebuilders-face-a-tough-balancing-act-on-new-construction-amid-high-mortgage-rates-130744368.html
Blog – What is next for the Mining Sector – September 2023
The mining sector provides critical material that support solar, wind, and lithium-ion batteries as part of the green transition. https://www.iea.org/news/critical-minerals-market-sees-unprecedented-growth-as-clean-energy-demand-drives-strong-increase-in-investment
The mining sector products play a key role with the global GDP - https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/global-mining-industry-value-was-69-of-world-gdp-last-year-china-says
Mining practices need to be sustainable including following all ESG policies - https://www.linkedin.com/advice/1/how-can-you-monitor-sustainable-mining-practices
Other links and sources –
Lithium Supply and Price - https://zbr.com.mx/en/sin-categoria-es/lithium-prices-fall-44-in-china-due-to-lack-of-demand/138168/
Cobalt - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mahmut-karada%C5%9F-a2b7a5151_china-exportrestrictions-gallium-activity-7082603182589157376-Zrty/?trk=public_profile_like_view
Nickel https://www.eureporter.co/business/2023/09/15/stanislav-kondrashov-from-telf-ag-nickel-prices-outlook-remains-positive/
Iron-ore - https://www.brecorder.com/news/40263584/sgx-iron-ore-set-for-best-week-in-3-months
TD Bank / Metals - https://www.tdsecurities.com/ca/en/setting-the-stage-for-gold-outlook
Biodiversity / Mining - https://worldcrunch.com/green/lithium-green-energy-argentina-indigenous
ESG - https://iriscarbon.com/the-added-value-of-integrated-esg-reporting-a-threefold-framework/
Blog – Manufacturing Shipments and Orders – The United States – August 2023
Summary:
New orders for manufacturing technology in the United States totaled $353.9 million in July 2023, as per the latest report by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This figure marked a 12.4% decline from June 2023 but remained only 10.5% lower than July 2022. Year-to-date orders amounted to $2.83 billion, reflecting a 12.7% decrease compared to the same period the previous year.
Douglas K. Woods, President of AMT, noted that July is typically a slower month for manufacturing technology orders, so a slight drop was expected. However, he pointed out a notable trend: over the last two months, the year-to-date order gap has narrowed during historically slow periods. While job shops have seen decreased orders, other industries that benefited from reshoring or government investments have helped fill the gap.
Among specific sectors, job shops, the largest customer segment, placed their lowest total monthly orders since August 2020. In contrast, metal valve manufacturers recorded their third-highest monthly order value on record, last seen in September 2018, making up nearly 5% of the total manufacturing technology order value for July 2023. Manufacturers of motor vehicle transmissions continued to order machinery at an elevated pace. However, the aerospace industry continued to order below its early 2022 peaks, with hopes that recent projects like the federal government's $1.5 billion investment in communications satellites might reverse this trend.
Source: https://www.sme.org/technologies/articles/2023/september/u.s.-manufacturing-technology-orders-dip-in-july-but-show-resilience-amid-economic-uncertainty
Stock Market Analysis and Commentary for WE September 15 2023.pptxpaul young cpa, cga
Blog – Analysis and Commentary – Stock Market – WE September 15 2023
Summary:
Stocks fell Friday as investors wrap up a volatile week ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting.
The Dow Jones Industrials tumbled 288.87 points to close out Friday and the week at 34,618.24. At its lows, it completely wiped out Thursday's 332-point rally.
The S&P 500 index sank 54.78 points, or 1.2%, to 4,450.32.
The NASDAQ index plunged 217.72 points, or 1.6%, to 13,708.33.
The Dow held onto a winning week. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ both closed out the week with losses.
Information technology was the worst-performing sector in the S&P 500, down nearly 2%. Adobe shares fell more than 4% even after the software firm posted better-than-expected quarterly results. Shares of Arm Holdings were lower one day after its successful public debut.
Auto stocks General Motors and Stellantis N.V. were higher Friday, while Ford Motor was about flat. Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers went on strike after failing to reach a deal with the automakers Thursday night.
Elsewhere, Lennar shares slid 3%. The home construction firm posted third-quarter results that beat on the top and bottom lines.
On the economic front, the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment survey showed one-year inflation expectations dropped to 3.1% in
September, tied for the lowest since January 2021. Also, the five-year outlook fell to 2.7%, matching its lowest since December 2020.
- Canadian manufacturing sales increased 1.6% in July, led by higher sales in food products, petroleum and coal products, and transportation equipment. Paper and plastics sales decreased the most.
- Inventory levels increased slightly while unfilled orders decreased, pointing to a potential slowdown.
- The manufacturing sector in Canada will continue to face challenges such as global economic uncertainty, rising costs, supply chain issues, climate change risks, and skills shortages.
Electricity Analysis - Canada and the OECD - June 2023.pptxpaul young cpa, cga
Summary:
Over three-quarters of the world’s total coal-generated electricity is consumed in just three countries. China is the top user of coal, making up 53.3% of global coal demand, followed by India at 13.6%, and the U.S. at 8.9%.
Burning coal—for electricity, as well as metallurgy and cement production—is the world’s single largest source of CO2 emissions. Nevertheless, its use in electricity generation has actually grown 91.2% since 1997, the year when the first global climate agreement was signed in Kyoto, Japan.
However, even as non-renewables enjoy their time in the sun, their days could be numbered.
In 2022, renewables, such as wind, solar, and geothermal, represented 14.4% of total electricity generation with an extraordinary annual growth rate of 14.7%, driven by big gains in solar and wind. Non-renewables, by contrast, only managed an anemic 0.4%.
The authors of the Statistical Review do not include hydroelectric in their renewable calculations, even though many others, including the International Energy Agency, consider it a “well-established renewable power technology.”
With hydroelectric moved into the renewable column, together they accounted for over 29.3% of all electricity generated in 2022, with an annual growth rate of 7.4%.
Source - https://energynow.ca/2023/09/infographic-what-electricity-sources-power-the-world-see-them-here-visual-capitalist/
Logistics Warehousing Transportation and Distrbution Analysis and Commentary ...paul young cpa, cga
The document provides an overview of key metrics and trends in the logistics, warehousing, distribution, and transportation sector. It includes data on consumer price index, diesel fuel costs, freight indexes, e-commerce sales, retail sales, class 8 truck sales, EPA emissions standards, trailer sales, and tonnage. It also discusses supply chain management solutions like planning analytics, blockchain, and AI assistants. Finally, it touches on topics like infrastructure spending, automation, and ESG reporting.
Retail Sales and Consumer Spending Analysis and Commentary - United States - ...paul young cpa, cga
United States retail sales rose 0.6% in August despite flat sales at internet retailers after Amazon Prime Day. Most of the increase was due to higher gasoline prices. While consumer spending has been strong, higher interest rates and a slowdown in hiring are expected to restrain purchases in the coming months. Forecasters predict the 2023 holiday shopping season could be the weakest in five years due to economic challenges facing consumers. The retail sector continues facing inventory management challenges and social governance issues.
This document provides an analysis of the agriculture output and equipment sector for August 2023. It includes discussions of commodity prices, crop estimates, energy prices, food prices, farming incomes, top farming states, food processors, and the role of technology and government in farming. Key points covered include rising input costs challenging farmers, preliminary crop estimates for Canada, volatility in oil and diesel prices impacting farm expenses, and opportunities for data and automation to help address issues in the agriculture industry.
Biotech Pharmaceutical Medical Equipment and Supplies - Analysis - September ...paul young cpa, cga
This document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation on the biotech, pharmaceutical, and healthcare sector. It includes:
- An introduction and biography of presenter Paul Young CPA CGA
- An agenda covering topics like vaccine production, drug discovery, innovation in areas like storage and AI, and the life sciences strategy
- Links and summaries of information on these topics, including the top vaccine manufacturers, regulations in Canada, and growth in the pharmaceutical market
The presentation aims to discuss key areas of the biotech/pharmaceutical sector including vaccine development and production, drug discovery, innovation, and strategies for the life sciences industry. Links and outside sources are provided to support the topics in the agenda.
Better Public Safety Management using Analytics - September 2023.pptxpaul young cpa, cga
This document discusses using analytics to improve public safety management. It outlines rising public safety costs for governments and key issues facing policing like complex crimes and accountability. The document presents crime rate data for Canada and discusses building machine learning models in SPSS and dashboards in Cognos Analytics to analyze police data and forecast expenses. Finally, it lists potential next steps for crime in Canada like bail and corrections reforms, gun control, and increased police oversight.
Stock Market Analysis and Commentary for WE September 9 2023.pptxpaul young cpa, cga
What did the markets tell us this week?
1. Housing supply and costs continue to plague countries around the world.
2. Gasoline prices are on the rise that puts pressure on central banks ability to hit their core inflation targets.
3. ESG adoption by both the private and public sector is leading to both funding concerns and the overall cost of implementing ESG policies.
4. Adopting technology as part of increasing food production is facing both capital and operational funding concerns.
5. Strike at LNG facility in Australia is leading to concerns around a supply chain disruption of natural gas for EMEA and Asia.
6. The threat of China dumping batteries into markets - https://www.ft.com/content/b6038e51-7b5b-4f97-a5da-9202e71562fc
7. Adoption of generative AI has been facing many challenges related to security, privacy, and ethical issues.
8. Lack of biodiversity planning as part of the overall climate mitigation including sustainable mining, forestry, oil, gas, agriculture, and housing
9. Geopolitical issues continue to impact supply chain.
10. The concerns of recession continue to plague both the private and public sector.
11. Productivity issues continue to plague governments around the world.
Workforce Planning and Employment Analysis - August 2023.pptxpaul young cpa, cga
The document discusses workforce planning and employment analysis. It provides an overview of employment statistics in the United States, Canada, and Australia. It then discusses Sysco's workforce planning model and the role of the CFO in workforce planning. Finally, it defines autonomous finance as the automation of financial operations through software and algorithms, and provides some key statistics on its adoption.
Global Automotive - Analysis and Commentary - August 2023.pptxpaul young cpa, cga
This presentation provides an overview of key trends in the global automotive sector in August 2023. It discusses 1) sales trends in Canada, the US and globally, 2) the growth of electric vehicles and focus on reducing emissions, and 3) ongoing transformation in the industry through automation, connectivity and new technologies. Sources included discuss topics like electric vehicle production and adoption, public safety issues regarding EV fires, gasoline and car prices, supply chain challenges, and green transitions in transportation.
Global (Mining Oil and Gas Forestry and Agriculture) Analysis and Commentary ...paul young cpa, cga
The mining, oil, gas, agriculture, forestry, and mining continue to face environmental, social, and governance policy review including reporting of key metrics as part of ESG reporting cycle.
There is more focus on profitability and investment returns as part of the integrated planning and reporting cycle.
Summary:
The global economy faces what at least one forecaster is calling a mild trade recession as shipments from China slump and German factories downshift.
China’s export declines extended into August, though there were signs that the worst of a world trade slowdown may be over for the leading exporter.
Overseas shipments from China fell 8.8% in dollar terms from a year earlier while imports contracted 7.3%, both better than economists’ estimates and significantly less severe than July’s downturn.
Other data have suggested trade may be stabilizing after weakening for most of this year. Exports from South Korea also declined at a more moderate pace in August than the previous month.
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-09-07/supply-chain-latest-world-trade-faces-a-shallow-recession?srnd=economics-v2
Additional sources and links:
Lithium - https://source.benchmarkminerals.com/article/falling-lithium-prices-challenge-potential-cost-advantages-of-sodium-batteries
Oil Production - https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/business/oil-price-goldman-sachs/index.html
Natural gas - https://www.fxstreet.com/news/natural-gas-holds-up-as-markets-in-limbo-over-strikes-202309070956
Lumber - https://www.fastmarkets.com/insights/sawmill-capacity-closures-reshape-us-lumber-supply
Critical metals - https://www.wasterecyclingmag.ca/feature/how-recycling-could-solve-the-shortage-of-minerals-essential-to-clean-energy/
Agriculture - https://www.morningagclips.com/economists-forecast-positive-end-of-year-crop-outlook-despite-warmer-midwestern-climate/
ESG - https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2023/09/the-informed-board/the-eus-new-esg-disclosure-rules
Ports - https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/HAPAG-LLOYD-AG-24857717/news/Hapag-Lloyd-chief-warns-of-rougher-seas-ahead-for-container-shipping-44789017/
Top destination for reshoring - https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/economy/2023/08/29/uae-in-top-10-most-powerful-passports-for-investment-opportunity/
Global Trade - https://phys.org/news/2023-09-opinion-broke-global-climate-finish.html
What is next for the Forestry Sector and Lumber Production - September 2023.pptxpaul young cpa, cga
Lumber production in Canada continues to face many hurdles
Canada forest management practices are some of the bests in the world
Canada planted over 440M in seedlings back in 2018. It is now 2022 which means close 2M seedlings have been planted.
All levels need to put more focus on urban and rural planning solutions
More work including spending on wildfire and forest fire mitigation
Canada and USA need to find a path forward to resolve the softwood lumber dispute
There needs to a better balanced between climate change policies and growing the economy in a sustainable way
3D printing for housing needs to become mainstream
More protection needs to happen with key ecosystems like wetlands, forest, and peatlands.
There is a risk of debt default if interest rates are hike over the next few months
This document discusses several topics related to education funding and policy in Ontario, Canada. It includes links to articles about the skills gap in trades, teacher salaries, school board budgets, and the Drummond Report which reviewed education spending. The document questions whether the reader looks at school board budgets and supports bringing back ARC analysis of low-enrollment schools. It also debates the impacts of rising construction costs and the carbon tax on education funding.
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End-to-end pipeline agility - Berlin Buzzwords 2024Lars Albertsson
We describe how we achieve high change agility in data engineering by eliminating the fear of breaking downstream data pipelines through end-to-end pipeline testing, and by using schema metaprogramming to safely eliminate boilerplate involved in changes that affect whole pipelines.
A quick poll on agility in changing pipelines from end to end indicated a huge span in capabilities. For the question "How long time does it take for all downstream pipelines to be adapted to an upstream change," the median response was 6 months, but some respondents could do it in less than a day. When quantitative data engineering differences between the best and worst are measured, the span is often 100x-1000x, sometimes even more.
A long time ago, we suffered at Spotify from fear of changing pipelines due to not knowing what the impact might be downstream. We made plans for a technical solution to test pipelines end-to-end to mitigate that fear, but the effort failed for cultural reasons. We eventually solved this challenge, but in a different context. In this presentation we will describe how we test full pipelines effectively by manipulating workflow orchestration, which enables us to make changes in pipelines without fear of breaking downstream.
Making schema changes that affect many jobs also involves a lot of toil and boilerplate. Using schema-on-read mitigates some of it, but has drawbacks since it makes it more difficult to detect errors early. We will describe how we have rejected this tradeoff by applying schema metaprogramming, eliminating boilerplate but keeping the protection of static typing, thereby further improving agility to quickly modify data pipelines without fear.
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"Financial Odyssey: Navigating Past Performance Through Diverse Analytical Lens"sameer shah
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Global Situational Awareness of A.I. and where its headedvikram sood
You can see the future first in San Francisco.
Over the past year, the talk of the town has shifted from $10 billion compute clusters to $100 billion clusters to trillion-dollar clusters. Every six months another zero is added to the boardroom plans. Behind the scenes, there’s a fierce scramble to secure every power contract still available for the rest of the decade, every voltage transformer that can possibly be procured. American big business is gearing up to pour trillions of dollars into a long-unseen mobilization of American industrial might. By the end of the decade, American electricity production will have grown tens of percent; from the shale fields of Pennsylvania to the solar farms of Nevada, hundreds of millions of GPUs will hum.
The AGI race has begun. We are building machines that can think and reason. By 2025/26, these machines will outpace college graduates. By the end of the decade, they will be smarter than you or I; we will have superintelligence, in the true sense of the word. Along the way, national security forces not seen in half a century will be un-leashed, and before long, The Project will be on. If we’re lucky, we’ll be in an all-out race with the CCP; if we’re unlucky, an all-out war.
Everyone is now talking about AI, but few have the faintest glimmer of what is about to hit them. Nvidia analysts still think 2024 might be close to the peak. Mainstream pundits are stuck on the wilful blindness of “it’s just predicting the next word”. They see only hype and business-as-usual; at most they entertain another internet-scale technological change.
Before long, the world will wake up. But right now, there are perhaps a few hundred people, most of them in San Francisco and the AI labs, that have situational awareness. Through whatever peculiar forces of fate, I have found myself amongst them. A few years ago, these people were derided as crazy—but they trusted the trendlines, which allowed them to correctly predict the AI advances of the past few years. Whether these people are also right about the next few years remains to be seen. But these are very smart people—the smartest people I have ever met—and they are the ones building this technology. Perhaps they will be an odd footnote in history, or perhaps they will go down in history like Szilard and Oppenheimer and Teller. If they are seeing the future even close to correctly, we are in for a wild ride.
Let me tell you what we see.
Global Situational Awareness of A.I. and where its headed
Challenges facing Supply Chain Management for Business - March 2017 Analysis and Commentary
1. BY: PAUL YOUNG CPA, CGA
DATE: MARCH 18, 2017
Challenges facing Supply Chain
Management for Business - March
2017 Analysis and Commentary
2. • SME – Financial Performance Management (TM1, Cognos Controller and Cognos Disclosure
Management, OpenPages, Algorithmics, Cognos Integrated Server, Cognos Command Center and
Datawatch)
• Industry Experience
• 15+ years in Corporate Reporting, Budget & Forecasting, Costing, Business Process
Management, Internal Audit and Controls, Risk Management, Financial Analysis, Costing
• 11+ years in financial solutions (FOPM, FPM, Risk, Office of the Finance, Risk Management)
• 8+ years teaching Advance Finance, Advance Accounting, Public Finance and Advance
Management Information Systems
• Blogger in areas like Finance Analysis, Government policies, market segment
Paul Young - Bio
3. Class 8 Truck Sales
Trailer Orders
Freight Index
Retail Sales/Inventory
Commodity Price Index
Global Forecast
Business Investment / Technology
Micrologistics
Agenda
4. Business continue to face both domestic and global challenges
Business continues to struggle with aligning technology with their business operations
Business continues to struggle with managing data analytics as part of the close,
consolidate and reporting cycle
Challenges
5. Source – The Trucker – March 10, 2017
Class 8 Truck Sales / United States
10. Source – Scotiabank – March 7, 2017
Global Forecast
Comment:
• Slow Growth
continues
• Uncertainty with
USA import taxes
• Government
deficit/Debt
• Business investment
continues to be slow