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How Much is Enough?
How Much is Enough?
Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D.
In this first series of messages for 2023 we’re looking at how to professionally manage a construction firm’s capital position to ensure enough liquidity to see the firm through an inflation/recession economy that can threaten reliable cash flow. The amount of money … Read the rest “How Much is Enough?”
Capital Management
Capital Management
Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D.
After New Year’s, prognosticators gave up pretense and predicted recession for 2023. The Fed, they now admit, waited too long to take action and its current aggressive interest rate hikes are pushing the economy into a recession while not yet tamping down inflation to … Read the rest “Capital Management”
CFOs Tackle Supply Chain
CFOs Tackle Supply Chain
Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D.
Welcome to 2023. The turning of the calendar page is an artifice that has taken on unrealistic significance. We’re all happy 2022 is over and believe that 2023 will be a “new year”. In business, that of course is nonsense. Life unfolds … Read the rest “CFOs Tackle Supply Chain”
Capital Capacity
Capital Capacity
Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D.
Will we be running from rampant cost inflation or deeply mired in top-line recession in 2023? No one seems to know. What we do know is that we don’t know, and that’s treacherous turf. How do contractors decide whether to bid aggressively for contracts … Read the rest “Capital Capacity”
The R-Score
The R-Score
Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D.
I repeat from my blog a few weeks ago, Cash is King: “For the duration of this disrupted market, move cash flow management to the top of your CFO’s priority list.”
Winners and Losers in 2023
Rising interest rates, inflation, and a possible recession … Read the rest “The R-Score”
The Contracting Business
The Contracting Business
Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D.
With only four weeks left in what everyone agrees has been a very eventful year, I’m inclined to engage in big picture thinking as I sum up the year in my mind. I realize that my readers are probably tired of hearing me … Read the rest “The Contracting Business”
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