Small businesses often launch on a shoestring budget. This makes controlling costs essential to the long-term health of the company. One way to cut expenses and encourage responsible spending is to ...

Convincing your employees to fill out extra paperwork when they need materials or supplies can be difficult, but putting a procurement system in place helps control costs and creates a paper trail ...

For anticipated spend of $5,000.00 and higher, SCU requires that a Purchase Order (PO) be issued to the supplier before any work begins. The process begins with the end user submitting a [Purchase] ...

Many purchases can be made using the finance self-service requisition. The form is similar to the paper requisition, but with some shortcuts. For instructions on using the finance self-service ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Dr. Melody Bell is a personal finance expert, entrepreneur, educator, and researcher. Melody now develops ...