Capex Blog

New eBook: “Leading Voices on Strategic Capital Allocation” What’s the number one responsibility of the C-suite? Returning capital to shareholders? Hiring top talent? According to experts, it’s strategic capital allocation.

Deep Dive: A Capital Planning Executive’s Perspectives on Trends in the Food and Beverage Industry Capex spending among food and beverage (F&B) companies rose sharply in the first half of

Deep Dive: Building Materials After several turbulent years, the building materials industry finally appears to be on steady ground. Supply chain snags have unsnarled, the economy is relatively stable, and

Deep Dive: A Capital Planning Executive’s Perspective on Trends In the BioPharma Industry The biotech and pharmaceutical sectors flourished in 2021 due to a low-interest rate environment and strong pandemic-driven

Zero-based budgeting for Capex: the post-pandemic view Coming out of the worst of COVID, we’re all ready to wipe the slate clean and start fresh. Why not do the same

Whether it’s upgrading aging infrastructure, adapting to changing regulations, or protecting grids against outside threats, utilities have a range of challenges to navigate these days. In this deep dive, we’ll

Strong demand and higher prices made 2022 a good year for the global chemicals industry overall, but results varied widely by region. In the U.S., the sector had “one of

Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) rise to becoming one of California’s most powerful energy providers was a success story for much of the 20th century. Yet in recent years, costly

When it comes to capital budgeting, there’s no shortage of grievances against the process. And rightly so. A comprehensive capital plan, which takes months to put together, can become obsolete

  Finario sat down with former ITT Corp CFO Tom Scalera to talk about critical issues facing the CFO, including managing ROIC amid shorter tenures. Watch the full interview here.

When it comes to predicting future trends in capital spending, and finance more broadly, there’s no shortage of opinions. So we’ve cut through the noise to consolidate the predictions and

The AFE (authorization for expenditure) process is notoriously complex. It often involves input from various stakeholders across a wide range of departments, and approvals can take months to turn around.

Capex approval workflow processes go by many different names, and getting a handle on the alphabet soup of acronyms can be dizzying. Capital Expenditure Authorizations (CEAs), Capital Expenditure Requests (CERs),

When it comes to CFOs making an impact, they’re up against the clock from the get-go. Relentless shareholder scrutiny, constantly shifting market conditions, and the never-ending specter of organizational changes