Today, the processes that comprise a company's financial supply chain-credit facilitation, trade execution, invoice management, payment, and cash management and analytics-are fragmented and inefficient. The idea of an integrated, automated financial supply chain is intriguing to corporate managers who are focused on specific finance functions, but they remain skeptical of its relevance to real-world problems. Emerging financial supply chain solutions that enable trading partners to exchange transaction-related information and funds seamlessly will soon change their minds.

How can other companies identify opportunities in their financial supply chains and build compelling business cases to pursue them? This report will answer these questions to improve corporate finance, strategy, and IT managers' understanding of the financial supply chain. To drive home the tangible value of financial automation, it will quantify the potential benefits of a hypothetical Fortune 500 company.

Connecting the Dots to the Financial Supply Chain is one of many reports in our research library that are written for the corporate audience. Individuals who are interested to learn more about the financial supply chain after reading this report may find other titles in our Corporate Insights series of reports, such as Collaborative Financial Management: Close Encounters of the Best Kind, to be helpful as well.