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Purchase Order Financing Canada

Guest post by: Stan Prokop

Article Overview: P.O. and Inventory Financing for Canadian Companies;Information on purchase order financing in Canada and inventory financing , allowing Canadian companies to grow and profit via innovative financing techniques .

Purchase Order Financing Canada

More and more clients ask how Purchase Order Financing in Canada works. In many cases a purchase order financing or inventory financing solution is the method by which there company can take itself to the next level of growth and profit.

Historically firms with large inventory or purchase order financing requirements have found it difficult, if not impossible to access P.O. or inventory financing - that is slowly, and we repeat, slowly changing in Canada.

One of the hidden benefits of this type of financing, which is more expensive than traditional financing, is the fact that it allows you to demonstrate to more traditional lenders, i.e. Canadian chartered banks and asset based lenders, that your firm can establish higher levels of sales with clients you might otherwise not be able to facilitate with your services and products.

The main users or firms in need of purchase order and inventory financing are rational industry firms such as exporters, importers, firms in wholesale distribution, and of course manufacturing companies.

The entire concept of purchase order financing is based on whats going to happen, not what has happened. The essence of the financing is the ability of your supplier to be paid by the inventory finance and purchase order finance firm in advance. That of course allows you to complete your transaction a d ship goods and services and bill and collect your receivables.

The one key technical point of inventory and purchase order finance is the fact that the firms that finances these two items often has no interest in financing your receivables - they are in fact just specialized lenders that are experts in inventory and purchase orders and letters of credit . That raises a technical point you must understand, which is simply that the inventory and p.o. (Purchase order) finance firm expects to be paid when you generate an account receivable. Therefore it is critical that you either have a factoring facility in place, of that your bank line of credit allows you to facilitate the drawdown of that account receivable.

When you utilize an inventory or purchase order financing firm in Canada it is now clear that you are relying on your finance partner's credit to facilitate the purchase and payment of your inventory and products.

While business financing has always been a challenge, it has become more pronounced in after the 2008-2009 global meltdowns in business financing. So while you can expect to pay higher rates for financing inventory and purchase orders the reality is that you can increase sales significantly as other traditional finance entities have backed away from this type of financing .

The overall process for purchase order financing is fairly straight forward - based on our inventory and purchase order and contracts in hand you identify the supplier arrangements you need to make in order to facilitate products. Payment is made to your suppliers via cash or a letter of credit. If your gross margin is 30% and your purchase order is for 100,000.00 then naturally the purchase order or inventory finance firm usually is willing to advance 70k to your supplier as payment in full. At that point when goods are shipped and a receivable is generated then your p.o. finance partner expects to be paid.

In summary, purchase order financing - Canada is an excellent alternative financing mechanism that in many cases can in fact work well with your current financing arrangements . Speak to a credible, trusted, and experienced advisor in this area to take advantages of situations when lack of capital is an obstacle to your future sales and profits!

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