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的一个rgument “is supply chain finance (SCF) trade debt or bank debt?” has been ongoing for well over a decade. Most “opinions” that you hear expressed as “facts” generally comment without having any clue about the actual accounting rules – whether those of FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) or IFRS (Financial Accounting Standards Board) — or about the underlying legal contracts executed by and among the parties, including obligors (or debtors), suppliers, bankers and others, including platforms and asset arrangers.

David Gustin, President of Global Business Intelligence, outlines the facts and discusses the forthcoming financial statement disclosure requirements.

Supply chain health has always been of critical importance. As the value of a robust supply chain has grown in estimation, so too have methods of making it so. For decades, supplier finance was available only to the largest companies, with programs developed and administered by banks. It’s just recently, with the innovations brought to market by fintech businesses like Taulia, that companies have had access to the technology and resources to scale supplier finance to their entire supply chains.

Supplier finance, like any cross-functional strategic initiative, requires strong analysis, robust planning, clear objectives and great partnership. Taulia has developed a framework so you can provide liquidity and strengthen your entire supply chain.

Read about five steps in the process here.

As many companies, especially smaller ones, face liquidity challenges during their Covid-19 recovery journey, buying organizations are looking for ways to offer their suppliers early-pay finance schemes to alleviate cash flow difficulties. Supporting the supply base to sustain a continuous and seamless trading cycle has become essential for growth, business continuity and innovation, for both parties. However, for many organizations, finding the right approach poses some difficult questions, and it’s often hard to know where to start.

Join our webinar on June 30 with working capital solutions experts LSQ and David Gustin, President of Global Business Intelligence, to understand how to assess your current constraints and legacy environment to evaluate programs; how to evaluate addressable spend and early-pay options; what key strategic questions must you get right from the beginning and how to get to a decision and set management expectations.

今天早些时候,《华尔街日报》报道,Greensill帽ital could face restructuring or liquidation. For those not involved in the esoteric world of trade financing (and supply chain finance, or “SCF,” in particular), it can be difficult to understand the structures that Greensill and its peers are involved with. So let’s first define supply chain finance (and offshoots of it) for those which are just coming up to speed before exploring the supply chain finance and procure-to-pay (P2P) implications of Greensill’s potential restructuring.

How does a corporation begin to evaluate vendors? What questions should they ask? This can seem overwhelming. Following a disciplined approach helps. We at Spend Matters have built a detailed early-pay finance solution map template of 100+ unique requirements. Here is a look at a sample of some key categories along with a few sample questions.

Experts from the Supply Chain Finance Observatory at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, Federico Caniato and Antonella Moretto, and a director of the […]