Profit-Focused Supplier Management: How to Identify Risks and Recognize Opportunities

Team DDU......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 18
Part One A Strategy for Analyzing Your Suppliers......Page 20
1.1 A Changing Business Environment......Page 22
1.2 Supplier Base Management ¡ª Daily Activities......Page 27
2.1 Understanding Risk......Page 38
2.2 Risk Categories......Page 40
2.3 Risk Management......Page 41
2.4 Classify Your Suppliers and Create a Strategy for Analysis......Page 43
Part Two Components of a Corporate Analysis of Suppliers......Page 54
3 Creating a Corporate Analysis......Page 56
3.1 Quantitative Analysis......Page 58
3.2 Qualitative Analysis......Page 59
3.3 Executive Summary......Page 61
4 Investigating What Is Behind Financial Figures......Page 63
4.1 Audits and Annual Reports......Page 66
4.2 Balance Sheet......Page 67
4.2.1 Balance Sheet Structure......Page 68
4.2.2 Liabilities and Shareholders¡¯ Equity......Page 73
4.3 Statements of Income......Page 81
4.4 Cash Flow Statement......Page 91
4.5 Key Ratios......Page 95
4.6 Forecasting......Page 115
4.7 Differences Between U. S. GAAP and IFRS Accounting......Page 120
5 Analyzing Qualitative Factors......Page 132
5.1 Environment......Page 133
5.2 Company......Page 137
Conclusions of Part One and Part Two......Page 162
Part Three Examples......Page 178
6.1 Short Analysis ¡ª Financial Analysis......Page 180
6.2 Comprehensive Analysis—Corporate Analysis Template......Page 182
7.1 Short Analysis......Page 187
7.2 Corporate Analysis......Page 188
App. 2 Free- of- Charge Information......Page 220
App. 3 Credit- Rating Agencies......Page 221
App. 4 Online Services......Page 225
App. 5 Banks ¡ª Brokerage Reports......Page 226
App. 6 Company Information......Page 227
Glossary......Page 230
Books......Page 244
Articles......Page 246
Other Material......Page 248
Index......Page 250