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Manufacturing & ImportA premium furniture importer was losing thousands to bank FX spreads and unpredictable rates across an 8-week supply chain. We locked rates at order placement and cut the spread to near mid-market.
A UK-based premium furniture importer
International Supplier Payments + Forward Contracts
12 months
Client Scenario
The company sourced container-loads of goods from Vietnam, Italy, and Portugal. Their bank charged a 3.2% margin on the exchange rate and the rate drifted between placing an order and settling the invoice 8 weeks later, making landed cost impossible to forecast.
How We Helped
We locked the rate the moment each purchase order was raised, fixing the GBP cost from day one across the 8-week lead time.
Suppliers received exactly the quoted amount in their own currency, with no surprise deductions from a bank spread.
A single specialist coordinated batched supplier payments across VND, EUR, and a secondary Portuguese corridor.
The Results
£47,000
saved on FX costs in the first 12 months
0.5%
rate within true mid-market, down from 3.2% bank margin
Near-zero
landed cost variance across the lead time
"For the first time we can quote our customers a landed retail price on the day we place the order, not the day the invoice lands. That certainty has changed how we buy."
Operations Director
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