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International Skills: Don’t Leave Home Without Them

December 16th, 2008 by Paul Beretz

An Interview with Paul Beretz
By Sherry Schlossnagle
Paul B. Beretz is the managing director of his own consulting firm Pacific Business Solutions, located in Alamo, California. A graduate of NACM’s Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management, he is an active member of the FCIB Advisory Council.
(Reprinted from the September 2000 issue of Business Credit magazine [...]

The Case of the Disappearing Profits

December 8th, 2008 by Paul Beretz

Daniel Dapper, a dynamic salesman with limited financial expertise, founded LIV-HI INC., a CA corp. in 1997. While his profit margins were thin, the business grew to $100,000 monthly sales by the by the latter part of 2001. In December of that year, Mr. Dapper began an expansion program designed to produce an increase of [...]

It Isn’t Just The Four C’s of Credit Anymore

December 5th, 2008 by Robert Shultz

Conventional wisdom has it that every effective credit professional must understand and apply the “Four C’s of Credit”. The “Character, Capacity, Capital and Conditions of the times” define a debtor’s potential to meet its future obligations. To be successful today, a credit professional has to look beyond the “Four C’s of Credit”. Credit extension is [...]

How To Prepare For A Systems Application Installation or Upgrade

December 5th, 2008 by Paul Beretz

(This article was reprinted by permission of Business Credit, a publication of NACM, and appears in the January 2000 issue of Business Credit magazine).
The author, Paul Beretz, is Managing Director of Pacific Business Solutions, a company based in Alamo, CA, which identifies and implements strategic planning opportunities and cash flow improvement solutions. He shares his [...]

Your Future, It Is Time To Plan And Time To Act

August 3rd, 2008 by Robert Shultz

Chairman Article
As busy as we all are, it is hard to plan and take action towards our professional development. However, plan and act we must. If you don’t plan for the future any progress made is probably by accident.
When it comes to professional planning and development, two things come to mind. First, every CMA member [...]

Make Success A Habit

April 11th, 2004 by Robert Shultz

Chairman Article
As a credit management consultant and trainer I have the opportunity to meet credit professionals at all levels in many different companies and industries. They all seem to have at least several things in common. There are too many priorities, too few resources and a lot more to do than time available in a [...]

Fraud: When The Unbelievable Happens

March 12th, 2004 by Robert Shultz

Chairman Article
They say a truly honest man is one you can play craps with over the phone. Today’s headlines make us wonder where the honest people in business have gone.
We are all familiar with the basic facts surrounding the Martha Stewart case. If you are like me, you found her recent conviction on all charges [...]

We All Have The Same 24 Hours

February 8th, 2004 by Robert Shultz

Chairman Article
We all have the same 24 hours in a day to devote to career and our personal lives. How we spend that time defines who we are and ultimately our potential to meet the goals we set for ourselves. Sometimes too much of our time is spent heads down, concerned about the task in [...]

It’s That Time Of Year Again

December 1st, 2003 by Robert Shultz

It’s That Time Of Year Again
Chairman Article

It is that time of year again. We are all busy with personal and business priorities. It is difficult to take much time to do anything we really want to do. Something else always seems to be in the way. Sometimes we do the important things in [...]

Take The Holistic Approach To Improve Collection Performance

May 19th, 2002 by Robert Shultz

Published by CollectionIndustry.Com
May 19, 2002 — by Robert Shultz, currently a Partner in Q2C - a consulting firm focusing on the quote to cash cycle. Mr. Shultz has a successful 30-year track record in a variety of industries within large and multi-national organizations. He has developed hands on management skills and knowledge of all aspects [...]