Good article: The Customer’s Formal Terms Pushback Strategy, the Supplier’s Cost of Capital and the Threat of Inflation: What Does it Mean For the Supplier’s Profitability For the Account?

Helpful discussion about payment terms –

This article is useful, although incomplete (it does not mention other forms of financing, such as factoring for example)

This article mentions important aspects every business should be in charge of.

When demand for your business picks up, you can use factoring to finance your growth while you consider whether to obtain long term debt from a loan. The self liquidating, short term nature of factoring along with our fast approvals and flexible terms can be a valuable alternative to growing small businesses. Interesting article here