Benefits for Sellers
The table below illustrates the areas of benefit for TradeCard seller members - the measurable metrics and tangible
examples of the TradeCard impact.
| Improve Financial Process Efficiencies |
| Benefits of TradeCard |
Visibility into A/R process |
| Metric of measurement |
Reduce working capital |
| Example |
Eliminate working cash buffers without risking embarrassing
negative cash balances |
| Benefits of TradeCard |
Automate manual processes; eliminate expensive labor intensive
and error-prone tasks |
| Metric of measurement |
Time to Invoice / Number of incorrect payments |
| Example |
Cut invoicing time by 70%. Reduce mistakes by 90% |
| Benefits of TradeCard |
Improve communications and decision making |
| Metric of measurement |
Time to support customers |
| Example |
Cut customer inquiry and status calls by
80% |
 |
| Realize Real Time ROI |
| Benefits of TradeCard |
Benefits outpace fees through usage based
pricing model |
| Metric of measurement |
Transaction cost as % of total purchase |
| Example |
Cut transaction costs from 1.25% of total
to 0.30% |
| Benefits of TradeCard |
Leverage existing infrastructure: No hardware; no software |
| Metric of measurement |
Dollars invested |
| Example |
$0 for hardware. $0 for software. Start
up costs are less than one MBA summer intern |
|
| Optimize
cash flow and balance sheet |
| Benefits of TradeCard |
Eliminate or turn credit lines more quickly |
| Metric of measurement |
Turns per credit line |
| Example |
Improve credit line turns from 3 per year
to 6 per year |
| Benefits of TradeCard |
Extend credit through supply chain using our partners |
| Metric of measurement |
Transactional fees paid by buyer and seller |
| Example |
Buyers and sellers reduced fees up to 100% |
| Benefits of TradeCard |
Earn discounts by offering suppliers early
payment programs |
| Metric of measurement |
% of procurement |
| Example |
Cut 2% of procurement through early payment
programs |
| Benefits of TradeCard |
Cut DSO / Positively impact cash conversion cycle |
| Metric of measurement |
Days Sales Outstanding. Cash conversion cycle days |
| Example |
Cut DSO 15 days, cut cash conversion cycle 15 days |
Our Lawyers Say: The benefits listed in the Tables above are meant to illustrate the possible
benefits of TradeCard. They do not represent a guarantee of performance and may not apply to your business. See a
TradeCard representative to discuss the specifics of the benefits TradeCard could have on your business.
Improve customer service. Optimize cash flow. Have payment predictability.
Contact TradeCard to learn more about becoming a member today.
