Supply Chain Financing

This book is a comprehensive introduction to supply chain financing as a business model that enables companies to reduce costs, improve their working capital and manage risks more tightly. Supply chain financing is using the supply chain to fund the organization and using the organization to fund the supply chain. Supply chain financing is of growing importance, the book explains what supply chain funding is and its different components as well as its impact and potential not only on companies using it, but more globally. The content moves from the basics of supply chain management to how to structure a global supply chain finance program in today's marketplace, the emergence of fintech providers, and alternative methods of payment, while also offering a view of the future that incorporates new platforms and analytical tools to optimize efficiencies in an organization and increase working capital flows.

Supply Chain Financing is based on the authors' research and teaching at two leading US business schools. This book is useful for supply chain or finance professionals, decision makers in corporate disciplines, as well as students and professors in business fields.
Contents: IntroductionFinancial Components of the Supply ChainFinancial ToolsFunding Growth Through Supply Chain ImprovementsMethods of PaymentSupply Chain Financing ProgramsTypes of Firms Providing SCF ServicesMacro Issues Affecting Supply Chain FinancingSupply Chain Management Meets Financial StatementsConclusions
Readership: Supply management or finance professionals, decision makers in corporate disciplines, undergraduate and graduate students in supply management classes.Supply Chain Funding;Trade Finance;Financial Statements;Cash Flow;Working Capital;Cash Conversion Cycle;Commercial Cards;Dynamic Discounting;Factoring;Reverse Factoring;ASN Financing;Virtual Cards;Payment Terms;Fintechs;Blockchain;Income Statement;Balance Sheet0Key Features:First authored book on supply chain financing, to the best of author's knowledgeFirst book to consider the "to fund" aspect of supply chain managementLays out several different models of supply chain financing from both the supplier's perspective and also the buyer's perspectiveWritten based on a research project for CAPS ResearchOffers an overview of emerging technologies involved SCF such as fintechs