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The recession highlighted the problems of companies in the supply chain struggling to finance operations leading to a focus on SCF schemes.Now Supply Chain Standard has organised amajor conference looking at the key issues involved.


Summit. Taking place at the Radisson Blu Portman hotel in London, the free one-day event will focus on exploring issues vital to decision makers in this key area. Both Loseby and Carter have recently taken


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The Supply Chain Finance Summit is organised by Supply Chain Standard and takes place at the Radisson Blu Portman Hotel in London on 3rd December. Find outmore at: www.supplychain financesummit.com


responsibility for new schemes and potential suppliers spread across numerous business functions within their companies. The two industry experts will address the questions


that they feel should be asked before embarking on a supply chain finance project, and give advice on how to deal with the inevitable difficulties along the way. As procurement director at Arriva, David Loseby has


been developing and implementing a new strategy and organisation to deliver benefits across all geographies, develop a new supply chain and suite of contracts to support a turnover of £5 billion plus. He was previously a non-executive


director forWestminster Business Council, championing the EU funded mentoring scheme for small businesses. Formerly as the chief procurement officer & head of supplier relationship management at Westminster City Council, he designed a new target operating model and reduced the headcount by 30 per cent, an annualised saving of £1.25m+. Carter, will also take to the stage individually to


and potential for finance buyers and suppliers. Camerinelli has extensive experience within his areas


of coverage as well as in providing research and consulting services to clients.Most recently, he served as a senior analyst with Celent, focusing on the financial supply chain and Single Euro Payments Area. Prior to that, he was the European director and chief analyst at the Supply Chain Council,where he provided independent research and advisory services as well as business development and budget control for the organisation. Simon Templar, lecturer at Cranfield


David Loseby


present a case study on implementation of his company’s supply chain finance scheme. He will discuss challenges of stakeholder engagement, technology options, decision making processes, feedback fromthe project and howNetwork Rail dealt with the difficulties. Having previously worked for Cable &Wireless, Carter


Survey results from Demica show that Supply Chain Finance is growing at a rate of up to 40 per cent a year and will continue to expand with rates of up to ten per cent by 2020.


also heads Network Rail's Procurement Service Centre, which offers transactional procurement support for the company's 36,000 employees. The pair join finance expert Enrico


Camerinelli, who will give his advice on how stake-holders can better build the business case for supply chain finance, and questionwhether it mitigates the risks of EC directives concerning late payments. He will look at what kind of ecosystem


must be put in place for the supply chain finance to flourish, as well as the benefits


Supply Chain Standard December 2013 Enrico Camerinelli


University, will discuss the establishment’s latest industry research, at the event. In his presentation entitled “The Supply Chain Finance Landscape: A Research Perspective”, Templar will discuss how to identify the stake-holders in the supply chain finance landscape, the current supply finance practices in business, and supply


chain financial approaches for SMEs. Crossflow’s Tony Duggan will also be present, to discuss how to connect business with alternative sources of finance, such as reverse and factoring schemes. Duggan will use the event as an opportunity to discuss automated transactions, from invoice processing to approval and settlement, and hopes to tackle the issue of supply finance by providing an explanation of the solutions available on today’smarket. Survey results from Demica show that


Supply Chain Finance is growing at a rate of up to 40 per cent a year and will continue to expand with rates of up to ten per cent by 2020. The Supply Chain Finance Summit is designed to help delegates get up to speed with current and future legislation; learn from peers who have already set up schemes; and find out how to use SCF to gain competitive advantage.


rriva’s David Loseby will be joining forces with Network Rail’s Jim Carter, to discuss the role of procurement within supply chain finance, at this year’s Supply Chain Finance


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