Financing the End-To-End Supply Chain - A Reference Guide to Supply Chain Finance

Informationen zum Autor Simon Templar is a qualified accountant with 20 years' industry experience as well as a lecturer on supply chain and procurement MSc's in Cranfield.Erik Hofmann is Head of Supply Chain Finance-Lab at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland. He is also Chair of Logistics Management (LOG-HSG).Charles Findlay is an experienced Business Strategy! Supply Chain and Procurement consultant and Founder at International Supply Chain Finance Community. Klappentext Financing the End-to-End Supply Chain provides readers with a real insight into the increasingly important area of supply chain finance. It demonstrates the importance of the strategic relationship between the physical supply of goods and services and the associated financial flows. The book provides a clear introduction! demonstrating the importance of the strategic relationship between supply chain and financial communities within an organization. It contains vital information on how supply chain finance is operationalised and put into place. It is written in a user-friendly style! starting with the purchasing function! and linking together treasury! banking! supply chain! systems! IT! and key stakeholders. Financing the End-to-End Supply Chain will help senior supply chain and procurement practitioners to build collaboration! improve relationships and enhance trust between supply chain partners. With its combination of theory and practice it tackles vital issues including physical! information and financial flows! and tailoring supply chain finance to individual organisations' circumstances. Recognising that supply chain finance means different things in different countries! the authors also consider various initiatives to harmonize and develop cross-border financing from the World Bank and other institutions! as well as including an agenda for national and international policy makers. Financing the End-to-End Supply Chain offers a mix of academic and industrial expertise and is written by three authors who are experts in the field. The book contains ground-breaking research and data from the Cranfield School of Management. Examines how finance and the supply chain fit together. Zusammenfassung Get a clear introduction to the emerging field of supply chain finance, and learn how to approach the key issues by drawing on both theory and practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter - 1: Supply chain management and financial performance Chapter - 2: The big issue: working capital management Chapter - 3: Supply chain management evolution Chapter - 4: The concept - a case for supply chain finance Chapter - 5: The ecosystem - organisations involved in supply chain finance Chapter - 6: The value proposition - options for supply chain finance Chapter - 7: Implementation - bringing SCF programmes to life Chapter - 8: The global setting - cross border issues for supply chain finance Chapter - 10: The next thing - new frontiers for supply chain finance ...

List of contents

• • Chapter - 1: Supply chain management and financial performance
  • Chapter - 2: The big issue: working capital management
  • Chapter - 3: Supply chain management evolution
  • Chapter - 4: The concept - a case for supply chain finance
  • Chapter - 5: The ecosystem - organisations involved in supply chain finance
  • Chapter - 6: The value proposition - options for supply chain finance
  • Chapter - 7: Implementation - bringing SCF programmes to life
  • Chapter - 8: The global setting - cross border issues for supply chain finance
  • Chapter - 10: The next thing - new frontiers for supply chain finance

Report

"It's good to see such a comprehensive, up to date and clearly written book on this vital topic, from authors who combine intellectual understanding of the subject with practical real-life experience." Peter Smith, Spend Matters

Product details

• Authors: Charles Findlay, Erik Hofmann, Simon Templar, Simon Findlay Templar
• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.06.2016
• EAN: 9780749471415
• ISBN: 978-0-7494-7141-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration