Managing cash flow is always a challenge for manufacturing company owners. Company managers always walk a fine line trying to balance income and expenses. Paying suppliers, covering overhead, running production, and building inventory all place immediate financial demands on your company. Meanwhile, your clients demand longer payment terms. These conflicting demands affect your cash flow […]
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What is Supplier Financing? How Does it Work?
Supplier financing is a component of supply chain financing and plays an important role in improving the cash flow and operations of many companies. It provides companies with credit facilities to buy goods, enabling them to grow the business. This solution is used by manufacturing companies and product distributors. It helps them buy raw materials […]
How to Start and Grow a Staffing Agency
When managed correctly, temporary staffing agencies can grow quickly and be very profitable. They represent a great opportunity for the right individual (or group). However, agencies have a lot of moving parts. They need owners/managers who have expertise in many areas. 1. The basics: How does a staffing agency make money? Temporary staffing agencies lease […]
How to Run a Successful Staffing Agency
Temporary staffing businesses can be very profitable if managed correctly. However, managing a successful agency is not easy. There is a lot of competition – at least in some markets. You must know how to differentiate your agency, recruit talent, and attract clients – all while dealing with competitors that are vying for the same […]
How to Find Clients for a Staffing Agency (13 Ways)
One of the skills needed to run a successful staffing agency is knowing how to find and get profitable clients. The staffing market is very competitive. Many temporary employment agencies are often chasing the same contracts. To succeed, you must know where to find these opportunities – and how to get them. In this article, […]
How Does Supply Chain Financing Work?
Supply chain financing is a general term used to describe a number of financial tools that can be used to improve payments between companies and their suppliers. Supply chain finance solutions can be implemented in various ways. For example, a supplier that is anticipating large orders and wants to build inventory can use “supplier financing.” […]
Supplier Financing vs. Purchase Order Financing
Supply chain financing is a set of tools that companies use to improve their cash flow and their ability to run the business. It offers tools such as reverse factoring, supplier financing, and purchase order financing. Factoring and reverse factoring are post-delivery financing tools. As such, they can help only after you have delivered your […]
Supply Chain Financing vs. Invoice Factoring
Supply chain financing is a set of financing tools that allows a company to improve its cash flow. The most common tool in the supply chain financing tool set is reverse factoring. However, there are other tools such as supplier financing and purchase order financing. Invoice factoring, on the other hand, is a trade financing […]
Supplier Financing Qualification Criteria
Supply chain financing refers to a number of tools that can help a company with its working capital and financial operation. Here is additional information about how it works. This article lists the most important requirements to qualify for supplier financing. To qualify for supplier financing, you should: 1. Be a manufacturer or distributor Supplier financing […]
Manufacturing Loans: Six Realistic Financing Options
Summary: Manufacturing companies are usually resource-intensive businesses. They require substantial financing to get started, operate, and expand. This challenge creates an ongoing financial need that burdens many small manufacturing companies. This article discusses six financing alternatives for different aspects of your manufacturing business. We cover the following: 1. Overview Some financial products can be used […]