Supply Chain Funding for Growth – Barriers Clearly Defined…Where are the Opportunities?
Exclusive East & Partners Analysis
(27 June 2022 – Global) East & Partners latest Global Insight Report breaks down the complex machinations of ingrained supply chain disruptions negatively impacting CFOs and corporate treasurers worldwide.
Where should Banks be focusing their response and what are the ramifications if they get it wrong?
The one clear unifying variable is that disruptions are here to stay. Global corporates anticipate supply chain disruptions will remain in place until at least 2024 on average, ranging from as low as nine months to early 2023 to as long as 42 months out to late 2025.
The voice of the customer insights provide a clear line of sight across differing funding methods, key trade and supply chain finance (SCF) providers, domestic and international volumes and the challenges and opportunities faced by the largest corporates in funding their global supply chain needs amid crippling supply chain disruptions and geopolitical threats.
The latest 2022 analysis also provides powerful comparisons against 2017 equivalents captured as part of the Funding a Globalised Supply Chain Global Insight Report.
The research is based on primary research executed by East & Partners with the Top 100 revenue ranked corporates in each of eight key global markets were targeted for interview. A total of 755 global corporates in eight countries participated in the research, with the individuals responsible for their firms’ supply chain financing relationship(s) directly interviewed by East & Partners.
All interviewees reported an active import and/or export function with operations headquartered in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom, and USA. The report delivers outcomes from this unique and original analysis of large corporate supply chain funding behaviour across four core themes including
- Supply Chain Funding Trends
- Supply Chain Challenges
- Supply Chain Sustainability
- Supply Chain Digitisation
“Some treasury teams are using surplus liquidity to provide early payments in support of stressed supply chains. Early payments are a way companies can focus their liquidity. Automated processes mean all approved invoices get paid by the buyer earlier and straight through. Or companies can choose to have invoices funded by selecting individual invoices on a fully digitised and integrated working capital platform funded by banks or buyers to bridge the gap in the chain” commented Taulia Head of Enterprises Managing Director EMEA, Alexander Mutter.
How should Banks be aligning customer coverage teams to meet rapidly rising customer expectations?
Where are the most critical pain points emerging to create friction?
What does the future hold for key global supply chain stakeholders as corporates rethink their structure, resilience, and capability from the ground up?
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