Supply Chain Finance Market Outlook - 2027

Over the last decade, supply-chain financing has seen great expansion and is anticipated to expand in the future as suppliers always seeking greater cash flow management. Supply Chain Financing is a cash management lending approach that lets companies help cover operating resources stranded in transnational supply chains. This is a strategic approach intended to help both suppliers and buyers as producers are compensated early and customers may prolong their terms of payment. 

Furthermore, it allows enterprises to access import goods while working on capital and to lower the cost involved with purchasing and/or shipping bulk commodities globally. Supply chain finance is commonly characterized as an agreement in which the purchaser agrees to accept invoices from his suppliers for funding by banks and other financial firms.

COVID-19 scenario analysis:

• The impact of COIVD-19 on the trade finance and supply chain finance industry is severe. Massive market interruptions have been identified. 
• Ports are being pushed to shutter, crippling multinational supply chains. Owing to the short-term closing of retail locations in April and significant employment cuts, buyers have reduced their spending, and some might even default on their loans. 
• As a result, major losses by airlines and hotels such as British Airway and Marriott are on the brink of bankruptcies and are expected to cancel or delay the payment of its suppliers.

Top impacting factors: Market Scenario Analysis, Trends, Drivers, and Impact Analysis:

Rise in adoption of supply chain finance by SMEs to improve their cash flow functions drives the growth of the market. In addition, need to manage large volume and velocity of data in fintech industries fuels the growth of the market. However, lack of standardization across the globe and strict regulations imposed by the government on fintech industry hampers the growth of the market. Furthermore, rising adoption of supply chain finance in emerging countries of Asia-Pacific to improve their GDP and surge in adoption of advance technology such as AI and machine learning in supply chain finance is expected to provide lucrative opportunity for the market. 

The global supply chain finance market trends are as follows:

Technology infusion in supply chain finance to boost efficiency:

Many businesses are using traditional supplier financing systems which is either direct discount deals with the client itself or distributor funding lines through selected banks. But, rising adoption of advance technology is changing business environment and enhancing efficiency. Many third-party providers have developed efficient platforms for tracking supply chain financing. Banks and other financial firms are now determined to work with these systems, granting them exposure to new-to-bank clients. Such solutions have a one-stop approach to all working capital needs and tackle the problems posed by conventional supplier funding systems that provide funding dependent on enterprise credit score.

Platforms utilizes data and evaluate criteria such as credit and payment background, partnership between businesses and their vendors, main balance sheet products, etc., and using artificial intelligence, offer up pricing specific to and supplier and buyer, thereby offering the possibility of competitive discounting rather than set discount rates.

Manufacturers turning into supply-chain financers:

Many automobile manufacturers use its supply chain financing as a lower-cost solution to corporate funding to increase their market share. For instance, AGCO a global manufacturer of agricultural machinery, to use supply chain financing for increasing their customer base to surge their market share. This helped management to standardize and streamline their account payable processes and boost cash flow, whereas helping to reduce capital expenditure.

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Key benefits of the report:

• This study presents the analytical depiction of the global supply chain finance market along with the current trends and future estimations to determine the imminent investment pockets.    
• The report presents information related to key drivers, restraints, and opportunities along with detailed analysis of the global Supply chain finance market share.     
• The current market is quantitatively analyzed from 2020 to 2027 to highlight the global supply chain finance market growth scenario.         
• Porter’s five forces analysis illustrates the potency of buyers & suppliers in the market.    
• The report provides a detailed market analysis based on the present and future competitive intensity of the market. 

Questions answered in Supply chain finance market research report:    

• Who are the leading market players active in the supply chain finance market?
• What would be the detailed impact of COVID-19 on the market?
• What current trends would influence the market in the next few years?
• What are the driving factors, restraints, and opportunities in the supply chain finance market?
• What are the projections for the future that would help in taking further strategic steps?