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Supply Chain Finance and Supplier Payment Solutions

Extending payment terms improves the buyer's numbers by moving the cost onto suppliers who borrow more expensively, and supply chain finance exists to break that trade off, when it is structured honestly. This course covers the instruments. Delegates work through the working capital position of both sides of a trade, payables finance and reverse factoring including how the discount is priced, and receivables finance and invoice discounting from the supplier's side. Dynamic discounting and early payment programmes follow. Accounting and disclosure treatment is covered carefully, since misclassified payables finance has caused corporate failures. Onboarding suppliers, particularly small ones, is addressed. The course closes on programme design and on the abuse of extended terms.

Course objectives

  • Analyse the working capital position on both sides of a trade
  • Structure payables finance and reverse factoring, and price the discount
  • Use receivables finance and invoice discounting from the supplier side
  • Design dynamic discounting and early payment programmes
  • Apply the accounting and disclosure treatment correctly
  • Onboard suppliers, particularly small ones, onto a programme
  • Recognise where extended terms are simply being pushed onto suppliers

Who should attend

  • Treasury and finance staff
  • Procurement and supplier management personnel
  • Accounts payable managers
  • Bankers and finance providers structuring programmes
  • Suppliers evaluating an early payment offer

Course outline

  1. 01Improving your numbers with somebody else's borrowing
  2. 02Working capital on both sides
  3. 03Payables finance and reverse factoring
  4. 04Pricing the discount
  5. 05Receivables finance and invoice discounting
  6. 06Dynamic discounting and early payment
  7. 07Accounting and disclosure treatment
  8. 08Supplier onboarding and the abuse of extended terms

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Supply Chain Finance and Supplier Payment Solutions
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
4 to 5 November 2026Harare, ZimbabweClassroomUSD 795 per delegateRegister Now
17 to 18 November 2026OnlineOnlineR6,500 per delegateRegister Now
22 to 23 December 2026Gaborone, BotswanaClassroomR11,950 per delegateRegister Now
15 to 16 February 2027Pretoria, South AfricaClassroomR11,950 per delegateRegister Now
24 to 25 February 2027Lagos, NigeriaClassroomUSD 795 per delegateRegister Now

Supply Chain Finance and Supplier Payment Solutions

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