Industry Guides

Manufacturing Finance Guide

Production costs land months before payment arrives. This guide maps factoring, ABL, and PO financing to the manufacturing cash conversion cycle.

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What you get

Financing mapped to the production cycle

A $500K production run requires materials on Net 15, labor across ten pay periods, and overhead every month, while the customer pays Net 60. This guide shows how manufacturers fund each phase of that cycle.

  • Funding raw materials for confirmed orders with PO financing
  • Converting finished-goods invoices to cash with factoring
  • Borrowing against inventory and equipment at fair advance rates with ABL
  • A worked example following one $500K order from PO to payment

The Flow

One working-capital decision every other week. Which asset to borrow against, what a facility costs all-in, or how to make payroll before your customer pays, in a two-minute read.

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