What is the Real Economic Risk from Trade Disputes?
Talk of trade wars and tariff hikes dominate the financial news. It has become difficult to go through a day in which we aren’t sidetracked by headlines speaking of protectionism and the destruction of free trade. Despite this negative overtone, the US economy is on track to perform better than it has since the early […]
President’s Message – NACM’s Tools are Growing and Members are Winning
Nothing like an organization who can foresee needs of the credit professional and work to develop relevant applications that best support our careers! I’m thrilled with the most recent rollout of the Business Credit App (available to any individual within a member company) that gives the power to keep up on reading pertinent credit information in a […]
Optimize Cash Flow & Drive Profitable Growth With D&B Credit Advantage Cash
Flow: D&B Credit Advantage leverages Dun & Bradstreet’s analytics to determine risk in the marketplace and calculate the predicted default rate for each account in your portfolio. That information – combined with your data on how accounts are paying you – helps you to benchmark and validate that your bad debt reserve is maximizing working […]
Congratulations to Our Newest Designation Holders
Congratulations to the newest designation holders! CBA Stacy Tully, CBA from Cardinal Health, Inc. Erika Stell, CBA from Slakey Brothers Lindsey Overline, CBA from Interstate-Electric CCRA Ashlee Minty, CBA CCRA CCE Barry Dambrowski, CCE from Emser Tile Mark Speiser, CCE from SuperValu Inc – West Region
Five Tips for Successful Data Monitoring
Is bad data negatively impacting your business? What if you could identify data quality issues before they wreak havoc on your organization? You can with a proactive data monitoring solution. Here are five tips for developing a strategy for round-the-clock monitoring. Know your starting point: Benchmarking your data with a full volume data analysis is […]
Kathy Tomlin – Award of Exceptional Achievement honoring Alice M. H. McGregor
We are pleased to announce that Kathy Tomlin, CCE, has been awarded the NACM National Award of Exceptional Achievement honoring Alice M. H. McGregor. After graduating from St. Mary’s College in California, Tomlin began working for the federal government before what she described as accidentally falling into credit, and effectively falling in love with the […]
Credit Manager and Debtor: A Psychological Dance
“Nothing involving human relationships is clear or simple,” said Kelly Jameson, Ph.D., a psychotherapist and presenter at NACM’s 122nd annual Credit Congress in Phoenix last month. A romantic relationship between human beings is a complex “psychological dance” comparable to the relationship between a credit manager and a debtor. During an exploration of the nine stages […]