BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - March 2, 2011) - A newly-released report, Supply Chain Finance: Gaining Control in the Face of Uncertainty, Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (
"At their core, supply chain finance solutions aim to improve an organizations' ability to put financial resources to their most productive use," states Scott Pezza, Senior Research Associate at Aberdeen Group. "When cash is tight, payments can be selectively disbursed to lengthen the payment cycle. In healthier times, additional savings can be derived by paying under an early discount program. In both scenarios, the key is control: the ability to react quickly enough to adjust strategy to current conditions."
This report hypothesizes that the keys to supply chain finance success are access to relevant information and the proper level of process efficiency to allow the organization to act on that information. "Leading firms outpace their peers in their access to trading partners' financial information. This is both a measure of the ability to effectively collaborate, as well as the ability to tailor financing methods based on the needs of an individual trading partner," explains Pezza.
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