Data analytics and AI are the future of internal audit and fraud investigation
Kirstie Tiernan, data analytics managing director for BDO, Chicago at BDO USA, LLP, explores data analytics, especially as it relates to internal audits and why artificial intelligence (AI) adds even more value.
Strong customer relationships lead to healthier businesses
Business growth is dependent upon adding new clients, while keeping and expanding relationships with existing customers. Heather Wirtz, chief development officer at Richwood Bank, shares how to leverage your relationships into financial success.
Entrepreneurial foundation
Northeast Ohio is setting the pace nationally in the development of a regional approach to fostering the entrepreneurial mindset in young people. Deborah D. Hoover, president and CEO of The Burton D. Morgan Foundation, walks us through some of the highlights.
Careful due diligence is needed when seeking incentives
Financial incentives provide a competitive advantage to businesses, both new and existing. Graham Allison, president of Graham A. Allison & Associates LLC , an affiliate of Clarus Partners, discusses available incentives, when they can be used and what to consider before pursuing them.
Automated payables platforms offer cost savings to those willing to switch
Even with tools available to automate payment workflows, companies tend to stick with what they know, making more than half of their payments by check. Huntington Bank’s Jim Altman explains how payment automation can benefit companies’ accounts payables departments.
What your values add
Christine Amer Mayer, president of the GAR Foundation, argues that there is an important piece of work every business ought to undertake: the formalizing and articulation of its values.
Know the rules and risk before flying a drone for commercial use
Not too long ago, people stopped using drones just for a hobby and began to implement them as a part of their businesses. Gallagher’s Patrick Zedreck and Brad Meinhardt provide a risk management perspective on drones.
Natural disasters and supply chain disruption
Hurricane season hit the U.S. and its territories mercilessly in 2017. Michael Jarrett, founder and president of Jarrett Logistics Systems and PackShip USA, extracts lessons for business owners on how to deal with disaster.
Paul Smucker Wagstaff spreads his wings with Eagle Foods
Paul Smucker Wagstaff spent most of his career with The J.M. Smucker Co., working his way up the hierarchical ladder, on his way to one day lead the multi-billion dollar international food company. Then he quit.
Health data should be used for more than just keeping score
The next generation health benefits consultant uses predictive modeling and data analytics to lower the largest cost of a health insurance program: emerging claims, says Michael Galardini of JRG Advisors. Does this sound like your health plan?