United States: Finance/Accounting

Most firms measure what they bill. Far fewer measure how long a matter sits between stages, waiting for someone to move it. That waiting time is where a significant amount of a firm's capacity quietly disappears.

To boost profits in the current environment, many retailers are becoming more aggressive in taking deductions under existing policies – whether related to OTIF (On-Time-In-Full), damages, or new store and reset fees – that were less enforced in years prior.

On Jan. 9, 2019, both the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a report on crypto-assets.