School and office supplies are important for efficient and effective work. There are tons of office and school supplies out there for you to choose from including items such as pencils and markers to folders and backpacks. You can find a wide variety to meet all of your needs. One of the best decisions you can make when purchasing such goods is to buy cheap and discounted supplies. This article will cover some basic information on purchasing...more
There are primarily three sizes of containers to consider when shipping your household goods as an FCL (Full Container Load): 20' Standard (STD), 40' Standard (STD), and 40' High Cube (HC). The standard sizes have identical width and height dimensions and are differentiated by their length. The 40'High Cube has the same width and length of the 40'STD but has an additional foot of height. The 20'STD holds a maximum volume of 1,172 cubic feet, the...more
Cadent Resources, Inc., provider of inventory and capacity optimization solutions, developed a software and service solution in 2008 that is used to maximize return on working capital by assuring the right amount of inventory and capacity are available at the right time. With manufacturing growth declining, finding your optimal inventory with DemandCaster® is a simple, money-saving solution.DemandCaster® is designed to address your planning challenges in a cost effective and minimally intrusive manner. It is an assisted response management service that couples web based analytics with a repeatable process of expert analysis and collaboration to improve inventory turns and capacity utilization for better service and cash flow.DemandCaster® does not replace your current ERP engine. DemandCaster® integrates with your existing ERP system and/or customer planning systems to analyze and forecast demand for the products that are sold to end users. It dynamically performs a 360 degree analysis of every SKU for the characteristics that drive inventory, the volatility of customer demand and reliability of inventory replenishment.DemandCaster® is available now at...more
Reading News paper or seating in front of TV or computer in morning with a cup of steamed tea in a hand; enjoying tea while chit-chatting with friends and even while working in the office are some moments which are inseparable parts of many of ours life. In 2737 B.C. the tea leaves accidentally blew in the pot of boiling water of China's second...more
It's hard not to notice that the markets have completely forgotten about fundamentals and instead are trying to bring "irrational exuberance" back into style. Raging bull markets that have lasted for years and years with one bubble after another, and a year of economic slump is just too much for everyone to handle. Instead of markets moving up on...more
Election campaigns are in high gear right now and everyone has an opinion on just about everything when it comes to which candidate would be better for who and what. I lost faith in the common sense of the average voter, not just in the United States but pretty much across the world. What I am finding very curious, is the possibility that many people haven't realized that that the party platforms aren't the same as they were 20 years ago. Little do they know that the platforms have changed right under their nose. One of the greatest examples of this is the never ending pigeon holing claiming that Republicans are good for business and Wall Street while keeping the government small, and the Democrats are anti-business and will spell doom for Wall Street while expanding the government to goliath proportions. In full disclosure, I usually have views that seem a bit more republican in nature but since I didn't disable the reasoning portion of my cerebrum for the last 8 years, I have views that are based on rational judgment instead of a bias based on a political party. No matter what you think a party represents, one must ask themselves which presidential candidate would be best suited...more
If an economic sink hole brought on by creative financing and lax regulatory controls weren't enough, there's nothing like straight forward criminal actions to really paralyze investors. As a fund manager of an extremely transparent fund, there is...more
Though there seems to be an endless supply of other shoes to drop into the current economic chasm, there seems to be a general consensus that commercial real estate is going to take a significant hit. The shoe that could end up kicking commercial...more
Recently I spoke with my co-managing partner Michael Facchini, of Regent Global Funds, an alternative investment fund, at an Institutional Investor conference on Distressed Real Estate in New York City. The folks at Institutional Investor did a...more
It's time to address one of the most incredible misconceptions in the current environment around real estate lending, which is the idea that all real estate lending is high risk. I hear this often and I understand where it's coming from since it...more
With economies in complete disarray on a global basis, one of the few bright spots has been the massive correction in oil. It was widely speculated that oil was in a bubble and that speculation turned into a stark reality with oil dropping below 50%...more
Everyone needs to consider their investments in corporations that have been using job cuts as an alternative to growth, and in essence keeping their bottom line in shape. With the economy in a recession, it's that time again for large corporations to...more