Innovative Options for Optimizing Your Cash Flow
The continuing economic downturn and tightening credit markets are significantly straining the finances of companies worldwide, making it challenging for many businesses to maintain sufficient cash flow to support day-to-day operations. Ariba can help - when you take advantage of our options for working capital collaboration to gain faster payment.
These options enable you to take actions that shorten your order-to-cash cycle while improving relationships with your customers. Now you can leverage tools to motivate buyers to pay in days instead of months and gain complete payment and cash-flow visibility through the Ariba Supplier Network. At the same time, you benefit from:
- Early payments for all customer invoices or on an invoice-by-invoice basis
- Predictable payments to forecast cash flow
- Payment and cash-flow visibility through the Ariba Supplier Network
- Attractive rates that leverage the buyer's cost of capital
- A shorter order-to-cash cycle so you can optimize your net working capital
- Freed up working capital for re-investment into your business
Highlighted Options
Through the Ariba Supplier Network, you can accelerate cash flow in three convenient ways:
- Obtaining bank-neutral financing through the Ariba Supplier Network to optimize working capital and minimize risk
- Negotiating directly with your customers for early payment terms for all payments or on an invoice-by-invoice basis
- Tapping into a global network of investors who can help you turn your outstanding receivables to working capital - in as little as three days - with Ariba Receivables Financing
Start collaborating with your customers today to get paid faster using our working capital collaboration options - available only through the Ariba Supplier Network.
