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Supply Chain Finance (SFC) the use of financial instruments, practices and technologies to optiraise
the management of working capital and liquidity tied up in supply-chain processes.
Liquidity the availability of liquid assets to a market or company.
-Cash
Balance Sheet The balance sheet is a financial statement that summarizes a company's assets,
liabilities, and shareholders. Also called a Statement of financial postition or Statement of financial
condition
Inventory Turn (personal developemnt knowledge) A financial ratio of how much a company has
sold and replaced inventory over a given period of time.
Finance is concerned with activities such as purchasing sound investments, obtaining low-cost credit,
allocating funds to pay for liabilites, managing tax obligations, and banking.
Supply Chain Management Much less mature than finance, SCM deals with two-way management
such as purchasing, materials management, demand and supply planning, forcasting, transportation,
distribution, material handling, recieving operations and new product development, and inventory
management.
These three areas define the next level of maturation for SCM -Big data and data analytics
-global risk management
-supply chain financial management
, Why should we integrate SCM and Finance? -Finance has tools, techniques, and concepts that can
somewhat be employed directly by supply chain professionals to support better analyses, decision
making, and risk management,
-To become comfortable with speaking a language that is spoken at the upper echelons of governments,
non-profit organizations, and corporations.
What does finance bring to the supply chain table? -Finance offers a robust and accepted set of
concepts, tools, and techniques.
-Can help determine how supply chain initiatives affect corporate performance indicators
ROA Return on assets
TCO Total Cost of Ownership
Some financial shortfalls -there are shortcomings regarding the availability or applicability of
financial tools and techniques.
-Calculating the true cost of switching from one supplier to another-or what we call supplier switching
costs.
Working Capital defined by finance the difference between current assets and current liabilites,
which relies on information taken from the balance sheet.
Understanding Financial statements Everything we do in SCM ends up on some type of financial
statement, the three important financial documents are
-The balance sheet
-the income statement
-The cash flow statement
2026
Supply Chain Finance (SFC) the use of financial instruments, practices and technologies to optiraise
the management of working capital and liquidity tied up in supply-chain processes.
Liquidity the availability of liquid assets to a market or company.
-Cash
Balance Sheet The balance sheet is a financial statement that summarizes a company's assets,
liabilities, and shareholders. Also called a Statement of financial postition or Statement of financial
condition
Inventory Turn (personal developemnt knowledge) A financial ratio of how much a company has
sold and replaced inventory over a given period of time.
Finance is concerned with activities such as purchasing sound investments, obtaining low-cost credit,
allocating funds to pay for liabilites, managing tax obligations, and banking.
Supply Chain Management Much less mature than finance, SCM deals with two-way management
such as purchasing, materials management, demand and supply planning, forcasting, transportation,
distribution, material handling, recieving operations and new product development, and inventory
management.
These three areas define the next level of maturation for SCM -Big data and data analytics
-global risk management
-supply chain financial management
, Why should we integrate SCM and Finance? -Finance has tools, techniques, and concepts that can
somewhat be employed directly by supply chain professionals to support better analyses, decision
making, and risk management,
-To become comfortable with speaking a language that is spoken at the upper echelons of governments,
non-profit organizations, and corporations.
What does finance bring to the supply chain table? -Finance offers a robust and accepted set of
concepts, tools, and techniques.
-Can help determine how supply chain initiatives affect corporate performance indicators
ROA Return on assets
TCO Total Cost of Ownership
Some financial shortfalls -there are shortcomings regarding the availability or applicability of
financial tools and techniques.
-Calculating the true cost of switching from one supplier to another-or what we call supplier switching
costs.
Working Capital defined by finance the difference between current assets and current liabilites,
which relies on information taken from the balance sheet.
Understanding Financial statements Everything we do in SCM ends up on some type of financial
statement, the three important financial documents are
-The balance sheet
-the income statement
-The cash flow statement
