Supply Chain Finance: towards new perspectives

The purpose of this document is to summarise the results of the 2017-2018 research of the Supply Chain Finance Observatory, which had the following objectives: Assess the potential and served Supply Chain Finance markets; Identify the business models used by the key players in the Supply Chain Finance market, including traditional operators and more innovative operators; Develop decision-making models to support companies looking to adopt nascent, innovative solutions, and covering not only invoice financing; develop models for assessing creditworthiness, focusing on integrating traditional methods and operational information; evaluate the role that innovative technologies (such as Blockchain, Big Data Analytics, Internet of Things) can play to support companies adopting Supply Chain Finance solutions. The results obtained show how SCF is increasingly becoming a real managerial discipline and is attracting the attention of many different types of player.