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Over the last
few months the Italian Association of Credit Managers
(ACMI) has been having a positive impact on the ACMI
Rome delegation. First on 23 September the “Credit
Management and Value Creation” training meeting was
held. Then on 14 and 15 October the Sheraton Golf Hotel
& Resort hosted the 21st National Congress entitled
“Pro-active people for managing change and development
today”. About 150 ACMI. Associates participated and
among the speakers was FECMA Council Member Valérie
Collot from the French Association (AFDCC).
Thanks to our Association, the role of the Credit
Manager has been given a lot of exposure in the media.
Members have been photographed and interviewed for the
“Corriere della Sera” daily paper, the “Italia Oggi”
weekly paper and for the monthly economics & finance
magazine “Espansione”. During the first semester we had
over 166 participants for the training courses in our
head-quarters, not to mention the in-house courses we
carried out in several major companies.
In July, we launched our new web-site www.acmi.it which
currently gets 200-250 hits a day. We have given our
associates a Username and Password to access a reserved
web-space. Here they can participate in the Forum,
complete job application forms and reply to our surveys,
such as “The current situation of the Credit Manager”.
In October, the new ACMI Logo became official. The
inclusion of “Since 1974” announces our 31 years in
business.
Companies are in fear of the current economic crisis and
prefer not to rely on banks, after Basel 2. In contrast,
they are becoming increasingly confident in both the
professionalism and important role of the Credit Manager
in Italy. The result is that new sponsors are interested
in our Association. We hold monthly meetings for the
eight sector groups in our head-quarters. The
coordinators involve experts to discuss various themes;
battling late payments, Basel 2, outplacement, budge
analysis, corporate and bankruptcy law, international
accounts principles and the DSO calculation included.
We send our monthly magazine “ACMI News” to over 2,500
companies and December’s edition was number 74. We have
also been invited by several Company Associations to
speak to small and medium-size companies on the work of
a Credit Manager.
The President of the ACMI is Daniele Franciosi, the Vice
President is Danilo Fornaro. Giuseppe Brocchetta is the
new Secretary General, responsible for relations both
with FECMA and the Press.
Contact
Information
Associazione Credit Managers Italia (ACMI)
Corso Venezia 47/49
20121 Milano
Tel: 0039 02 76000598
Website:
www.acmi.it
Email:
segreteria@acmi.it |
