Supply Chain Finance
Course Duration: 30 hrs (20 sessions)
Introduction:
Supply Chain Finance (SCF) implies more recently developed financing and risk mitigation
techniques. It is far more likely to be used in open account trade where the buyer and seller have
done business together before. Supply Chain Finance deals with a set of solutions within trade
finance implemented by numerous financial institutions, leading corporate buyers, and trading
partners worldwide. The critical characteristic of the SCF is that the various techniques available
are driven by the nature of the physical supply chain. This Program provides background on the
growing importance of Supply Chain Finance, delving into the key elements, available options
from which solutions are implemented, and an in-depth view of success factors.
Course Objective:
• Understand the supply chain finance ecosystem
• Learn how to assess the funding gaps as a result of trade cycle analysis
• Understand and evaluate the supply chain finance techniques
Target Audience: Middle Level and Senior level Management
Pedagogy: Teaching through flipping classrooms and collaborations Selective case studies
Relevant Industry: Manufacturing, trading, and service organizations, including banks and
NBFCs
Reference Materials:
• Financing the End-to-End Supply Chain, Simon Templar, Erik Hofmann, and Charles
Findlay, Kogan Page.
• Supply Chain Financial Management: Best Practices, Tools, and Applications for the
improved Performance, Robert J Trent, Springer.
• Global Supply Chain Ecosystem for Competitive Advantage, Mark Miller, Kogan Page
Publishers
Session Plan (Each Unit 1.5 Hours):
Module Session Topics Readings / Case Study
No. No.
Module 1: 1-2 Introduction to Supply Chain - Global Supply Chain Eco-systems
What is Collaborative Supply Chain (Ch-1: from the book ‘Global
Supply Supply Chain Eco-systems:
Chain Financing Operations and Inventory strategies for competitive
Finance? advantage’)
Supply Chain Efficiency and Firm Hewlett Packard: performance
Performance Measurement in the Supply
Chain, Condensed Version (HBS)
Module 2: 3-6 Trade Cycle Analysis - Estimation of Comfort Wool Limited, A Case
How much Working Capital in Manufacturing Vs study by Prof. M. Jayadev and
do you need Trading Firm. Prof. M Venkateshwarlu
to fund
operations? Review of Bank Finance, Trade Finance, Nobel Group, HBS Case
and Instruments of Finance
Module 3: 7-11 Supply Chain Finance Options - Supply Chain Finance at P&G,
What are the Institutional Finance Vs Instruments, HBS
options and Trade Finance.
methods of The Fall of Greensill and future of
financing Supply Chain Finance in a Global Setting Supply Chain Finance, HBS Case
operations? – Financing Foreign Trade
Understand the Forex Risk
Module 4: 12-16 Cost and Benefits analysis of Supply Supply Chain Finance at P&G
How to Chain Finance arrangements and options (HBS)
choose the
best option Value Creation through SCF F Mayer Imports: Hedging
to finance arrangements Foreign Currency Risk, HBS Case
operations?
Legal aspects of SCF contracts
Module -5: 17-20 Fintech and its relevance to Supply Chain The Rise of FinTech in Supply
FinTech in Chains, HBS Article
Supply Future of Supply Chain Finance in the
Chain Digital era TradeIX Block Chain Enabled
Finance supply Chain Finance in Global
FinTech Products and Evaluation – Case Supply Chains (HBS)
analysis
Learning Outcomes:
After completion of the course, participants would be able to:
• Understand the supply chain finance ecosystem
• Learn how to assess the funding gaps as a result of trade cycle analysis
• Understand the supply chain finance techniques in a global setting
• Become familiar with the FinTech in SCF
