Abstract
This paper explores current models and practice regarding the dynamics of financial flows along global supply networks. Based on data collected from technology and service providers that focus on such issues along global supply networks, the paper identifies and discusses requirements for improved solutions to supply chain finance challenges. This research has particular relevance in the light of the disruptions that the global credit crunch has brought to global financial systems, and the changes that are likely as responses to these disruptions.
Keywords: supply chain finance, financial systems, global supply networks, technology and service providers