Top Risks for 2018: Disruptive Innovation, Resistance to Change
Having had a year to digest the aftermath of the U.S. election-driven economic, global trade, regulatory and other jitters that may have skewed the global risk outlook for 2017, executive perspectives on the top risks for 2018 have refocused on technology-driven change, and how well organizations are prepared to manage that transformation. Earlier this month, […]
Is Servitization Manufacturing’s Future? For Many, the Answer Is Yes.
Many manufacturers see “servitization” — the process of moving from a product-centric business model to a bundled product-and-service one — as an inevitable future shift for their organization. What they often have difficulty visualizing, though, is when and how to make that move, and how long they may need to wait before they see a […]
Can Digital Mortgages Connect You to Millennials? Find Out in the Latest Compliance Insights Podcast
Digital mortgages, clarifications on Russian sanctions under CAATSA, and more guidance on the new FASB lease accounting standard are the topics in the December issue of Compliance Insights. Listen to our podcast below for a discussion of two of these topics by Protiviti Managing Directors Steven Stachowicz and Rob Gould, and download the full issue […]
Setting the Audit Committee Agenda for 2018
With new accounting standards, audit quality pressures from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and uncertainty in the business and regulatory environment, many audit committee members I talk to say they feel tasked to the limit. This is not new. Stretched audit committees is a common phenomenon, and has been for years. When planning […]
Beyond Cost Savings: Driving Long-Term Value With Supplier Relationship Management
Certain supplier relationships can be restraining – a supplier with whom negotiations are challenging and the ability to leverage volume or spend is limited, for example. Then, the question is “Without traditional leverage or any apparent substitute suppliers, how can procurement continue to drive value for the organization?” In many cases, the answer is to […]
2017 VRM Study: De-Risking Amid Cybersecurity Concerns
Four years into a regulatory push to improve vendor risk management, organizations across industries are getting smarter about who they work with and how they are working with them. The rate of improvement, however, may not be fast enough to keep up with the accelerating challenges of the external risk and regulatory environment, according to […]
