Are Reduced Holiday Inventories Contributing to Speeding of Payments and Related Cash Flow Throughout the Supply Chain?
Last month, the Cortera Supply Chain Index hit its best numbers of the year.
The November 2009 Supply Chain Index (SCI) report measured payment activities of approximately 350,000 businesses, and the results signal the speeding of payments and related cash flow throughout the overall supply chain.
That’s good news, but quite unusual for this time of year. Typically, the speeding of payments doesn’t happen until months after the holiday shopping season. (more…)
