Global supply chain finance

Global supply chain finance (GSCE) enables retailers and suppliers in different countries reduce their cost of capital through financial cooperation (Lamoureux and Evans 2011). It is used frequently in EE where most companies do not have readily available sources of financing and incur a high cost of capital because of it. In addition, firms in ME may want to delay payment to firms in EE for multiple... 

Lamoureux, J., Evans, T. (2011). Supply chain finance A new means to support the competitiveness and resilience of global value chains. Export Development, Canada. http //www. intemational.gc.ca/economist-economiste/assets dfs/research/TPR 2011 GVC/12 Lamoureux and Evans e FINAL.pdf... 

Combine global standard processes for supply chain, R D, and finance with locally-owned processes for the other functions, especially sales ... 

The unique aspects of a humanitarian relief chain are carefully laid out in Chap. 8. While saving life creates social value, it generates profits for the participating retailers and logistics providers. However, the laws of supply and demand do not work well in a chaotic environment, as the consumer (aid recipient) neither places purchase orders nor pays for the delivered services. Conversely, the aid-donors who finance transactions have little control on what is delivered to the recipients. Coordination of prepositioned inventory with real time deliveries and the global flow of relief funds are discussed. 

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