Supply Chain Finance at a Glimpse

Applications for Integration:  How the Supply Chain and Finance Work Together for Competitive Advantage

Dr. Sam Weaver, Swarthy Professor of Finance at Lehigh University agrees, “Providing a collaborative and common business language for both financial and supply chain professionals to work together allows them to understand the financial implications of supply chain decisions and consequently to manage costs in the supply chain while controlling inventory investments.”

With over 30 years of industry experience and 35 years of teaching and training experience combined, Dr. Trent and Dr. Weaver are offering for the first time an integrated Supply Chain Finance program focused on best practices and applications By  demonstrating how to apply relevant financial management techniques to support an organization’s supply chain management efforts, participants will learn how to evaluate and select world-class suppliers; how to manage inventory investments effectively; how to manage costs across the supply chain including how to create a lean supply chain; how to effectively source internationally, and how to develop supplier performance capabilities.  The techniques that are presented will help business professionals achieve better results, at lower costs, and with less investment.

This new and innovative Supply Chain Finance – Best Practices and Applications program will be presented through the Iacocca Institute at Lehigh University on November 13 and 14, 2007.  Registrations are limited.  For information or to register contact Beth Simmons at eas7@lehigh.edu or call 610.758.5664.