Supply Chain Finance and Blockchain Technology

Erik Hofmann (Dr. rer. pol., University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany) is Director of the Chair of Logistics Management as well as a Senior Lecturer at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. He is also the Head of the Supply Chain Finance-Lab (SCF-Lab) of the Swiss Post. His primary research focuses on supply management as well as the intersections of operations management and finance issues. He has published in several operations management journals, and is co-author of several bestselling Springer books like “Supply Chain Finance Solutions”, “Ways Out of the Working Capital Trap”, “Performance Measurement and Incentive Systems in Purchasing”, and “Financing the End-to-End Supply Chain” (Kogan Page).Urs Magnus Strewe (lic. oec. HSG, University of St. Gallen) is serial entrepreneur and an expert for implementing technology-driven business models for banks and financial service providers. As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of CRX Markets, he was in charge to build the service offering of the company which is an independent marketplace for supply chain financing solutions.Nicola Bosia holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in management from the University of Lausanne (HEC), and a Master of Arts in accounting and finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG).

• Introduction - Why to pay attention on blockchain-driven supply chain finance?.- Background I - What is buyer-led supply chain finance?.- Background II - What is reverse securitisation?.- Background III - What is blockchain technology?.- Concept - Where are the opportunities of blockchain-driven supply chain finance?.- Discussion - How does the full potential of blockchain technology in supply chain finance look like?.- Conclusion - What can we learn from blockchain-driven supply chain finance?.