An IPO is a medium to long-term financing option for companies on the organized capital market. As a shareholder in a company, you (the issuer) can use an investment bank or a banking consortium to broker shares in the company to investors. By going public, you can finance the growth of your company and/or strengthen …
Companies don’t have to do everything themselves. It is crucial that companies work out a profile that makes them unmistakable and unique in their target markets and at the same time enables them to be well embedded in these target markets. Companies should provide the services that make up this uniqueness themselves, but they can …
Another way to increase liquidity in the short term is to finance your purchasing volume. Similar to factoring, financial service providers take over your trade payables, pay your suppliers according to the agreed payment terms and grant you longer payment terms of up to 120 days. This allows you to support your company’s liquidity in …
If you do not want to manage your receivables yourself, you can assign them to a factoring service provider. The factoring partner takes over the rights to your outgoing invoices and pays you immediately. You pay for pre-financing until the factoring partner receives payment. Factoring can increase your company’s liquidity in the short term, but …
Sustainable management is no longer a buzzword; rather, global challenges, legal requirements and competitive factors are forcing companies to operate sustainably. In this article, you will find out exactly what is involved and what options you have to tread the path to sustainable management. Definition of Sustainability Sustainable thinking is already attributed to Hans Carl …
The need for a circular economy: Our Earth needs us now The fact that the surface of our planet is warming up globally is no longer news. The fact that we humans are causing a share of this global warming and must take responsibility for it is still discussed dissidently, but recognized by the vast …
Quality assurance is an important function in companies. Quality assurance is about an optimization process that regularly achieves the level of quality required to meet the functionality expected by customers without adding unnecessary effort beyond that. The customer’s willingness to pay is the currency with which quality is weighed up. Quality assurance expectations Quality expectations …
What is “artificial intelligence”? “Artificial intelligence” refers to the ability of machines to mimic human behavior as deceptively as possible. Already, AI applications are extremely powerful, and further development is exponential. Applications have been in the works for several decades. However, the public only became aware of AI capabilities in late 2022 with the first …
The function of logistics in the company Logistics is a key operational function that affects the entire company. The logistical challenge is to keep input materials, components, semi-finished goods (work in progress) and finished goods available in the required quantities, at the right time and in the right place at every stage of the business …
What are key figures needed for in production and quality assurance? Production processes are complex. Plant availability, production output, production costs and production quality are influenced by many adjacent functions that interact with each other and with production. Accordingly, the assessment of production performance must be multi-faceted. A single performance figure can provide an overall …