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Key Success Factors in Supply Chain Finance

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Intermediate level

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2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week

What you'll learn

  • Identify the main success factors in Supply Chain Finance.

  • Gain knowledge about the ideal customer for Supply Chain Finance.

  • Understand how Supply Chain Finance is priced.

  • Identify the relevant factors for suppliers to come onboard and trade.

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This course is part of the Supply Chain Finance and Blockchain Technology Specialization
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There are 5 modules in this course

Implement and manage a successful financing program for a corporate buying organization by learning about the key success factors in Supply Chain Finance. In this course, you'll learn about the challenges and bottlenecks in Supply Chain Finance and understand their impact on Supply Chain Finance programs. This course will help you understand who the ideal customer is for a Supply Chain Finance program and understand how revenue is generated and such programs are priced. You'll learn about the relevant factors for suppliers to come onboard and trade as well as identify the key roles and responsibilities involved in Supply Chain Finance.

Additionally, this course will explain how to develop metrics and list the necessary elements for developing an effective financing program. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to perform a pre-sales analysis and a detailed supplier analysis, which are crucial for setting up a Supply Chain Finance program.

What's included

10 videos7 readings3 assignments4 discussion prompts2 plugins

10 videos•Total 67 minutes
  • Introduction to the Specialization•3 minutes
  • Meet your Instructor•2 minutes
  • Course Overview and Objective•1 minute
  • Key Challenges in Setting up and Managing a Supply Chain Finance Program•7 minutes
  • An Overview of Success Factors•4 minutes
  • Topic 01: Ideal Company initiating Supply Chain Finance•22 minutes
  • Topic 02: Corporate Buyer Size•5 minutes
  • Topic 03: Credit Rating•8 minutes
  • Topic 04: Direct vs. Indirect Spend•5 minutes
  • Topic 05: Stakeholders•11 minutes
7 readings•Total 28 minutes
  • Welcome to the Course•2 minutes
  • Specialization Outline•5 minutes
  • About the New York Institute of Finance•2 minutes
  • Recap of Course 01•2 minutes
  • Course Outline•5 minutes
  • Company Characteristics in SCF•10 minutes
  • Key Takeaways•2 minutes
3 assignments•Total 60 minutes
  • Review Quiz 01•30 minutes
  • Assessment 01•3 minutes
  • Assessment 02•27 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 35 minutes
  • Introduce Yourself•10 minutes
  • Key Success Factor in Supply Chain Finance•5 minutes
  • Ideal Company initiating Supply Chain Finance•10 minutes
  • Ideal Characteristic of a Corporate•10 minutes
2 plugins•Total 20 minutes
  • Learner Interest Survey•15 minutes
  • 4 Success Factors in Supply Chain Finance•5 minutes

What's included

6 videos3 readings2 assignments2 discussion prompts

6 videos•Total 51 minutes
  • Topic 01: Overview•1 minute
  • Topic 02: Assessment Current State•18 minutes
  • Topic 03: Goals - Supply Chain Risk•12 minutes
  • Topic 04: Goals - Working Capital and Margins•2 minutes
  • Topic 05: Goals - Initiatives I•10 minutes
  • Topic 06: Goals - Initiatives II•8 minutes
3 readings•Total 35 minutes
  • Reference: SupplierPay•15 minutes
  • Reference: The 2016 Innovation Award: PUMA•15 minutes
  • Key Takeaways•5 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
  • Review Quiz 02•30 minutes
  • Assessment 03•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 10 minutes
  • Goal Setting and Decision Making•5 minutes
  • Corporate Goals•5 minutes

What's included

8 videos3 readings5 assignments2 discussion prompts1 plugin

8 videos•Total 85 minutes
  • Topic 01: What are Corporates Looking For?•8 minutes
  • Topic 02: Platform Examples•17 minutes
  • Topic 01: What are Corporates Looking For? - Part I•11 minutes
  • Topic 02: What are Corporates Looking For? - Part II•16 minutes
  • What are the main steps for a corporate in his SCF journey from first interest, to implementation, to suppliers trading their receivables for early payment?  •6 minutes
  • Topic 01: Examples•11 minutes
  • Topic 02: Example: Pre-Sales Analysis (Brown-Forman)•15 minutes
  • Topic 03: Importance of Pre-Sales Analysis•1 minute
3 readings•Total 26 minutes
  • Example of Corporations that have set up their own platforms•3 minutes
  • Reference: 4 Phases of Supply Chain Finance•20 minutes
  • Key Takeaways•3 minutes
5 assignments•Total 93 minutes
  • Review Quiz•30 minutes
  • Review Quiz 03•30 minutes
  • Assessment 04•6 minutes
  • Assessment 05•15 minutes
  • Assessment 06•12 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Key Factors to Select a Supply Chain Finance•10 minutes
  • The Right Structure•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 30 minutes
  • Effective Working Capital Management with Supply Chain Finance (SCF): The General Mills Experience•30 minutes

What's included

8 videos3 readings4 assignments2 discussion prompts1 plugin

8 videos•Total 108 minutes
  • Topic 01: How is Revenue Generated & Priced?•14 minutes
  • Topic 01: What Have You Learned So Far?•35 minutes
  • Topic 01: Process•7 minutes
  • Topic 02: Supplier Selection Criteria•2 minutes
  • Topic 03: Example Analysis Buyer and Supplier•15 minutes
  • Topic 04: Spreadsheet Examples•16 minutes
  • Topic 01: Process•4 minutes
  • Topic 02: Example•16 minutes
3 readings•Total 38 minutes
  • What Finance Costs do Suppliers pay for Early Pay Finance?•20 minutes
  • Sample Spreadsheet•15 minutes
  • Key Takeaways•3 minutes
4 assignments•Total 38 minutes
  • Review Quiz 04•8 minutes
  • Assessment 07•15 minutes
  • Assessment 08•6 minutes
  • Assessment 09•9 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Key Takeaways•10 minutes
  • Importance of Spend and Supplier Analysis•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 15 minutes
  • Working Capital Analysis•15 minutes

What's included

14 videos3 readings4 assignments1 peer review2 discussion prompts3 plugins

14 videos•Total 127 minutes
  • Topic 01: Key Roles•15 minutes
  • Topic 01: Onboarding Process•18 minutes
  • Topic 02: Introduction to Trading Partners•4 minutes
  • Topic 03: Onboarding Suppliers – Examples•4 minutes
  • Topic 04: Example of Bad Communication•3 minutes
  • Topic 05: Educating Trading Partners•5 minutes
  • Topic 06: Registration of Trading Partners•6 minutes
  • Why is the usage of SCF from the supplier side low? •8 minutes
  • Topic 01: Buyer Consideration Part I•11 minutes
  • Topic 02: Buyer Consideration Part II•19 minutes
  • Topic 03: Accounting Example - Standard & SPV•3 minutes
  • Topic 04: Supplier/Seller Consideration•3 minutes
  • Topic 05: Abengoa•6 minutes
  • Whiteboard Discussion: Deep dive into the relationship between the supplier and buyer•22 minutes
3 readings•Total 22 minutes
  • Supply Chain Finance and its Accounting Treatment•15 minutes
  • Key Takeaways•5 minutes
  • Congratulations•2 minutes
4 assignments•Total 63 minutes
  • Review Quiz 05•30 minutes
  • Assessment 10•9 minutes
  • Assessment 11•18 minutes
  • Assessment 12•6 minutes
1 peer review•Total 30 minutes
  • Peer Review Assignment•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Reasons Suppliers Hesitate to Join Supply Chain Program•10 minutes
  • What are your key takeaways?•10 minutes
3 plugins•Total 30 minutes
  • Aligning procurement with treasury•15 minutes
  • Supplier Onboarding - It's not as tough as you think•5 minutes
  • Survey•10 minutes

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New York Institute of Finance
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Reviewed on Oct 19, 2020

Very insightful. Enjoyed the no. of example and case studies discussed during the course.

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Reviewed on May 5, 2020

This is great course which give learners guidelines to following when setting up SCF program

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