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Agenda
1 What is Supply Chain Finance
2 Supplier Finance Program
3. What is Supply Chain Finance?
Capturing the trade flows of our Principal Client
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Suppliers
MNC / LLC
Principal
Buyers
4. Product / Programs Under SCF
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Supplier
MNC / LLC
Principal
Buyers
Supplier Finance Program
Pre & Post Shipment
Account Receivables Finance
5. Challenges in a Typical Procurement Process
Financial costs of Supplier based on its financial strength –
cost is passed on to Principal in sales price
Cost incurred in LC issuance
Advance payments eat up working capital
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Financial
Paper intensive process
Transaction / Processing costs of payments
Supplier might not always be paid on time and this impacts
the relationship & liquidity of Suppliers
Transaction
Process
Supplier’s ability to extend credit quantum is limited by its
borrowing capacity
Supplier has limited capabilities in extending credit period
Credit
Suppliers have limited working capital to support Principal’s
growth
Growth Potential
6. What is Supplier Finance Program
Supplier Finance is where Bank finance key suppliers recommended
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by the Principal
Financing provided to suppliers is specific to purchases made by the
Principal
Financing can be made in both pre-shipment (against purchase
order) and / or post-shipment (against an invoice)
Post shipment finance can be made either before or after the invoice
is accepted for payment by the Principal
Under post shipment, Bank pays the supplier upfront and collects
from the Principal on due date
Credit limit decisions are made on the Principal-Supplier supply
chain and not purely on financial strength of the supplier
7. Funding is Offered at Various Stages
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Pre-shipment
financing
Post-shipment
financing
Supplier based solution
Post acceptance
financing Payables based
Payables based
solution
Post acceptance
financing Invoice based
Principal
issues a PO/ LC
to the Supplier
Supplier ships
goods and
invoices the
Principal
Principal
accepts invoice
Principal
records payables
in the
balance sheet
Principal
makes payment
at maturity
What is Supplier Finance Program
Funding Offered Under Supplier Finance Along The Supply Chain Activity
Regional Supplier Finance Program local-supplierfinance
8. Supplier Finance – Workflow
1) PO to supplier
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7) Payment
2) Copy of PO
4) Goods and DO/BL
Principal
3) Pre-Shipment
Loan
Loan tenor based
on asset conversion
cycle
5) Copy
of DO/BL
Immediately upon shipment
of goods, supplier has to
forward copy of shipping
docs to Bank
6) Post-Shipment
Loan
Post-shipment loan is
created to extinguish
pre-shipment loan
Supplier
Bank
9. What is Supplier Finance Program
Supplier Finance – Workflow of Post-Shipment Financing
1) PO to Supplier
2) Goods and DO/BL
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Principal
3) Copy
of DO/BL
Upon shipment of goods,
Supplier sends copy of invoice
& shipping docs to Bank for
Post Shipment finance
OR
Supplier sends the accepted
invoices for Post Acceptance
Finance
Supplier
4) Post-Shipment
Finance
5) Payment
Bank
10. How Supplier Finance Addresses your Challenges
Key Issues Current Issue Under Bank’s Solution
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Liquidity
Limited ability to extend credit terms due to
liquidity position of Suppliers
Credit terms can be extended to meet
Principal’s requirements
Growth
Supplier has limited credit facilities & is
unable to support your growing business
Supplier finance enhances your Suppliers’
access to working capital
Processing
Costs
Payment-related transaction costs are
incurred by you
Payment-related transaction costs are
minimized
Procurement
Costs
Financial costs of Suppliers are part of
working capital cost i.e. passed on to
Principal
LCs had to be issued to enable Suppliers to
secure financing
Principal’s involvement in the financing
solution can help reduce finance costs of
Supplier
Suppliers no longer require LCs to secure
pre-shipment financing
Balance Sheet
Impact
Principal might have to make advance
payments to assist Suppliers
Any direct financing assistance to Suppliers
impacts your balance sheet
Pre-shipment financing no longer requires
advance payments to assist Suppliers
Financing is provided by Bank directly to
Suppliers
11. local-SupplierFinance – Generic Workflow
Supplier Finance – Workflow of Payables based solutions
Principal 1) Delivery of goods and/or services Supplier
2) Payment Obligation / Due Date
Bank
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Ideally fully
automated
processing
12. Differences between local-Supplier Finance & Regional
SF Program
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Regional Supplier Finance Program
No legal/ financial obligation of Principal to
Bank
local-Supplier Finance
Principal has a legally binding obligation to
Bank
Requires credit lines on the Principal Does not use Principal’s credit lines
No Credit facility to the suppliers Bilateral credit facility by Bank to the
suppliers
All suppliers recommended by the
Principal are eligible
Involves supplier evaluation by Bank – all
suppliers might not be eligible (subject to
KYC)
Always with recourse to Principal Always with recourse to Supplier & no
recourse to Principal
Supplier can achieve off balance sheet Supplier cannot achieve off balance sheet
Full internet capability Minimal internet capability to begin with