To trade out of the crisis successfully requires the right financial frameworks that allow every buyer and seller to manage their risk and liquidity. The Editor discusses with two experts how we, as treasurers and finance managers, should be putting our companies in a position to do this.
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Initiatives to centralise procurement should be seen as much as an enabler of financial as operational efficiency - and hence an opportunity for treasury to drive change.
‘Purchase to pay’ refers to the series of processes that take place between the issue of a purchase order, through to receiving, approving and reconciling an invoice, and approving and making payment to the supplier. The Editor looks at how far we’ve really gone in achieving an efficient …
By implementing electronic invoicing and standardising payment terms across its supplier base, Caterpillar was able to expedite payments across multiple divisions and streamline payables processing.
With an efficient physical and financial supply chain now critical to the business success of every organisation, what are the immediate opportunities and benefits of treasury and procurement working more closely together?
We report on how a workshop on supply chain finance captured the imagination of many at the 5th annual Cash Management University.
We talk to Ashutosh Kumar about the current trends for trade finance, including what the impact of the RMB liberalisation is likely to be.
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