Logicpath Insights

As we often say, it is important to think of your cash like a grocery store would think of a box of cereal, such as Cornflakes… they’re both inventory and should be treated the same way. Having too much or too little inventory can be detrimental to your customers and your financial institution. However, inventory errors can and do occur, which create waste in the cash ordering process within your bank or credit union.

When people think about inefficient communication within an organization, they automatically think about delays between emails, phone calls, etc., but what is the true cost of inefficient communication? Inefficient communication can have many detrimental effects on your financial institution’s overall efficiency that result in waste in the form of time and money. When communication is ineffective or erroneous, it leads to extra internal and external emails, phone calls, report pulling, and additional charges.

Banks and credit unions do not often consider the risk or expense associated with unnecessary cash movement around their network. The truth is, there can be a significant amount of waste hidden in the process of moving cash to and from your institution and cash points.

LogicpathTM, a leader in fintech software and analytics, announced today its official launch of the C3 Financial Champion program. This new program connects current logicpath clients by providing networking opportunities to share experiences and learn best practices from each other.

LogicpathTM, a leader in fintech software and analytics, announced today that its VP of Client Services and Business Development, Kelly MacConnell will be presenting virtually alongside Loomis US’s SVP of National Financial Business Development, Robert Lynch at the Financial Managers Society’s 2021 FORUM Annual Conference.

In our last blog, we discussed areas of waste in financial institutions that often go undetected. It’s important to remember that “waste” can be defined as inefficiencies in processes. Next, we will begin to break down each of the seven areas that waste can lurk in operational processes of a bank or credit union. The first area is caused by inaccurate cash inventory levels.

You may not be aware of the 7 forms of waste in the manufacturing industry, first defined by Toyota; but what about banking where manufacturing waste isn’t relevant? In this blog series we explore 7 areas of waste in banking that occur in the cash inventory management process and how you can identify them to improve your efficiency.

How do you optimize the cash supply chain to minimize fulfillment costs? The first thing you need to do is ask yourself if you have armored car deliveries that are coming too often or too infrequent that are costly to your financial institution. In this blog post, we will discuss certain armored car cost scenarios that could be impacting your cash supply chain’s overall efficiency and bottom line. In addition, we will share our smart tips for an armored car cost analysis.

Banks and credit unions have some of the most intricate supply chain systems in the world. The main driver for this is the increased use of sophisticated technology such as ATMs/ITMs, Video Tellers, Recyclers and Kiosks. Supply chain management (SCM), or inventory management is the process of sourcing materials that a business needs to create a product or service and deliver it to its customers.

Cloud-based software has become more cost-effective and has even helped remove monotonous day-to-day tasks and responsibilities from your team members as it applies to data collection and aggregation. Additionally, new technology has nearly eliminated the need for data scientist roles as the new technology empowers everyone to be able to understand, analyze and act on the data they are given. Now the tough question, how do you choose the right technology and cloud software to adopt? In this blog we will discuss five criteria you should look for in a cloud software.