It can be painstaking work to map out the timetable of key events for the supply chain group, the finance group, and sales.

为供应链部门、财务部门及销售部门制定出关键事件的时间表会是一项艰苦工作。

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And the difference between the best and worst companies when it comes to selling is far greater than the difference for functions such as supply-chain management, purchasing or finance.

最好的和最差的公司之间的差距在行销方面的差别比他们在供应链管理，采购，财务方面的差别要大的多。

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The supply chain logistics finance provides all of the services in the whole products circulation process based on the integration, collaboration and risk pooling of supply chain.

供应链物流金融是物流与金融业务的有机结合，它为商品流通的全过程提供服务。

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The hard stuff is made up of the classic virtues dear to the hearts of finance and operations people: cost, speed, supply chain, analytics.

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The priority for those framing Europe's new financial regulations should be to encourage rather than impede the emergence of new providers of finance, including insurers, mutual funds, specialist lenders or even larger companies in the supply chain.

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