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How Does Inventory Financing Work

Inventory financing allows companies to leverage their inventory to access cash funds. The lender will advance 75% of the appraised inventory value or 50% of cost, whichever is lower. It has advantages like allowing inventory accumulation and easier access than conventional loans. However, it also has disadvantages like higher costs than other alternatives due to extensive due diligence of inventory. Supplier financing is an alternative that finances new inventory purchases from suppliers.

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How Does Inventory Financing Work

Inventory financing allows companies to leverage their inventory to access cash funds. The lender will advance 75% of the appraised inventory value or 50% of cost, whichever is lower. It has advantages like allowing inventory accumulation and easier access than conventional loans. However, it also has disadvantages like higher costs than other alternatives due to extensive due diligence of inventory. Supplier financing is an alternative that finances new inventory purchases from suppliers.

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How Does Inventory Financing Work?

Inventory financing is a form of asset based lending that allows you to leverage your
inventory. This can help improve your company’s cash flow and provide funds to pay for
business expenses, or to purchase additional inventory. This type of financing is useful if
you are unable to get higher credit terms from suppliers/vendors, or if they are asking for
faster payments.

In this article, you will learn:

 What is inventory financing


 How it works
 Advantages of the solution
 Disadvantages
 Alternate options

The right strategy


This solution should be used strategically. In most cases, inventory financing should not be
your first option of financing. This is because it is more expensive that other alternatives.

Instead, you should consider trying to finance your receivables first. This can be done by
using a factoring line or by getting an asset based loan. If these solutions do not provide
sufficient funding, at that point you should consider financing inventory.

How does it work?


This product allows you to finance inventory shortly after it has been purchased. Your
company get’s the funding by submitting a draw request to the lender, who deposits the
funds in your bank account. Once you have the funds, you can use them for any business
expense. Transactions settle regularly as inventory is turned into product and sold off to
customers.

The lender funds inventory by advancing either 75% of it’s appraised value or 50% of it’s
cost – whichever is lowest. Inventory is usually appraised to calculate its net orderly
liquidation value (NOLV). Note that the NOLV can sometimes be substantially lower than
the market value. This can affect your ability to leverage your inventory.

Who can use inventory financing?


Our inventory financing program can be used by wholesalers, distributors, and
manufacturing companies.  Generally, companies have to meet these requirements:

 Need a minimum of $700,000 in financing


 Have inventory or raw materials that are marketable
 Use a reliable inventory management system
 Have accurate financial statements
 Have exhausted other options (e.g. factoring, ABL, line of credit, etc.)

Advantages
This type of financing has some advantages over other solutions. Some advantages
include:

 Allows you to leverage inventory


 Allows your business to accumulate inventory (i.e. to meet contractual obligations)
 Easier to get than conventional financing
 Line can increase as your company grows

Due diligence can be expensive


One of the disadvantages of this solution is that it require more due diligence than other
alternatives. This is due to the nature of inventory itself, which requires additional financial
controls. The due diligence can be expensive for some, which is why it only makes financial
sense to use this type of financing if your company needs a minimum of $700,000.

As part of the review process, the finance company will need to:

 Perform a field examination of your facilities


 Review your accounting system
 Test your inventory system
 Appraise your inventory and raw materials
Some of these functions are conducted by third parties who must travel to your plant or
warehouse. Initial costs vary based on the size of the facility and the complexity of the line.
Additionally, the financing company will need to monitor your inventory regularly, usually
every 3 to 6 months. These examinations add to the maintenance cost of the line. This is
the main reason we recommend you exhaust other financing options first.

Alternative
One option that can be used to finance certain inventory transactions is supplier financing.
This type of financing provides supplier credit to companies that need to pay supplier
expenses to build inventory. It’s available to companies that have minimum yearly revenues
of $2,000,000.  Note that supplier financing does not finance existing inventory. You can
only buy new inventory.

 Need inventory financing?


We are a leading inventory finance company and can provide you with a competitive
proposal. For a quote and a call back, fill out this form.

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