First, a consignment is NOT a sale. It creates an agency relationship between the consignor and the consignee, where the product, goods or produce continues to belong to the consignor…
Work in Process or WIP Financing (not to be confused with work in progress, a term used in construction or the building trade) is the portion of your inventory that…
A Vendor Portal provides a single web interface for a large Company’s suppliers to log-in and views open orders and balances as well as to submit information such as electronic…
A Vendor Management System (VMS) is an Internet-enabled, often Web-based application that acts as a mechanism for business to manage and procure staffing services – temporary, and, in some cases,…
A Vendor Guarantee or Vendor Assurance Program is when goods are pre-sold but your company’s credit and/or time in business will not allow you to buy the goods from your…
Most large corporations have their own Vendor or Supplier Agreement that spell out their terms and expectations with their suppliers. For example, here is Kroger’s 32 page Standard Vendor Agreement….
A Validity Guarantee is a special kind of guarantee used in Invoice Factoring & PO Funding when a small business is owned by many individuals or a corporation. It is…
The US Small Business Administration (SBA) was created by the US government to provide small businesses with loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of small business assistance….