SUPPLY CHAIN, PROCUREMENT & LOGISTICS
Covers the full financial governance of supply chain operations, including procurement economics, inventory finance as a working capital lever, logistics cost management, and supplier risk analysis. It includes shared dashboards, supply chain technology ROI, and four case study sessions, with a master summary of 50 concepts and a 25-metric supply chain map.
Foundation — How Supply Chain Thinks
The Epistemological Gap Between Supply Chain and Finance
Core Framework — The Supply Chain Operating Model
End-to-End Architecture, Finance Touchpoints, and Where the CFO Fits
Key Metrics — What Supply Chain Measures
25 Supply Chain Metrics and the Finance Translation Layer
Budget Architecture — How Supply Chain Spends
COGS vs. Opex, Landed Cost Modelling, Freight Budget, and Working Capital
Analytics & Data — How Supply Chain Measures What It Manages
Spend Analytics, Supplier Data, Inventory Intelligence, and the SC Data Contract
Procurement Economics — Sourcing, Negotiating, and Total Cost
Category Management, Should-Cost Modelling, and the CFO's Role in Sourcing
Inventory Finance — The Working Capital Weapon
DIO, Safety Stock ROI, Write-Off Risk, and the Inventory Investment Framework
Logistics Finance — The Hidden Cost in Every Shipment
Freight Modes, Carrier Economics, Last-Mile Cost, and Incoterms Impact
Supplier Risk — The Financial Anatomy of Supply Chain Failure
Concentration Risk, Sole-Source Economics, Geopolitical Exposure, Distress Signals
OKRs, KPIs & the Shared Supply Chain-Finance Dashboard
Co-Owned OKRs, the 25-Metric Scorecard, Monthly Review, and the North Star
The Hardest Conversation
Five Difficult CFO-CPO Dialogues and How to Navigate Each
Technology & Tools — Supply Chain Tech Stack ROI
ERP, TMS, WMS, Spend Analytics, and Supplier Portals — Auditing and Justifying Each
Case Studies I — Two Supply Chain Finance Scenarios
The Sole-Source Trap · The Nearshoring Decision That Required a Full TCO
Case Studies II — Two More Supply Chain Finance Scenarios
The Inventory Crisis · The Logistics Cost Spiral
Master Summary
50 Concepts · SC Glossary · The 25-Metric Map · 12-Framework Library