Li & Fung · Intelligence Platform

Supply Chain Intelligence
That Only We Can Provide

Li & Fung sits at the centre of global trade — between hundreds of buyers and thousands of suppliers. That network position creates intelligence no bank, ERP, or consultant can replicate. This is how we turn it into CFO-level decisions.
9
Intelligence Modules
12
CFO Questions Answered
7
L&F-Exclusive Signals
€5.1M
Financial Impact Identified
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The core insight: A CFO’s own ERP tells them what they spent. It cannot tell them if they overpaid, if a supplier is about to fail, if their regulatory exposure is building, or if they’re buying into a market that’s already declining. Li & Fung fills all of those gaps — because we sit across the entire buyer-supplier network.
🔒 7 of 9 modules are L&F exclusive

Intelligence Module → CFO Pain Point

Nine modules across three layers — each turns a Li & Fung network signal into a boardroom-level question answered with a clear action

📊 Layer A — Market Intelligence
What is happening in the market right now — demand, commodity, freight. External signals your ERP will never surface.
🔒 Layer B — Network Intelligence
What only L&F can see — cross-buyer cost benchmarks, supplier health patterns, peer geo exposure. Requires sitting between hundreds of buyers and thousands of suppliers.
⚠ Layer C — Financial & Regulatory Risk
Hidden costs and regulatory liabilities quantified as financial numbers — true landed cost, compliance exposure, cashflow commitments. Turns risk into boardroom decisions.
📊 Layer A — Market Intelligence
📈 🔒 L&F Exclusive
Demand Signal Intelligence
L&F tracks retail sell-through data across its buyer network simultaneously with your purchase orders. We see if your buying direction is aligned with where the market is actually heading — before it shows up in your numbers.
PO Volume & Direction Market Retail Sell-Through
→ Answers the question €730K
CFO Question
“Am I buying in sync with market reality, or building a problem?”
Can only see their own PO volumes. No market direction signal.
Sees PO vs market divergence by category. Acts before overstock builds or surge is missed.
Review PO Pipeline
🔒 Layer B — Network Intelligence
🏭 🔒 L&F Exclusive
Supplier Intelligence
L&F sees how a supplier behaves across multiple buyers simultaneously — payment delays, quality claims, OTD drops. A single buyer sees only their own data. We see the pattern across the whole network, revealing systemic distress before it surfaces.
Cross-Buyer Performance Signals Capacity & Cert Risk
→ Answers the question €630K
CFO Question
“Will my supplier fail me — and will I know before it’s too late?”
Sees only their own orders. A supplier showing stress with other buyers is invisible until shipments are missed.
Cross-buyer distress patterns, capacity constraints, and cert expiry mapped to specific revenue at risk — weeks in advance.
Audit + Dual-Source
💰 🔒 L&F Exclusive
Cost Benchmark Intelligence
L&F processes orders for hundreds of buyers in the same product categories. We know what everyone else pays for the same spec, same origin. No ERP or consultant has this view — it requires sitting between buyers and suppliers at scale.
Your Cost vs Market Average Gap & Recovery Potential
→ Answers the question €245K
CFO Question
“Am I paying above market — and by how much?”
Has their own contract prices. No visibility into what peers pay for identical products.
Sees exact % gap vs comparable buyers on same spec & origin, with recoverable € amount and contract timing.
Trigger Renegotiation
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Raw Material & Commodity Intelligence
L&F tracks commodity indices (cotton, linen, polyester) and maps them against client contract terms. We identify where fixed contracts are lagging behind market drops (unrecovered savings) and where floating contracts will create cost pressure ahead.
Commodity Index Trend Contract vs Market Gap
→ Answers the question €140K+
CFO Question
“Are my supply contracts capturing market price movements?”
Knows their fixed contract price. Has no systematic view of how it compares to current commodity markets.
Sees commodity index vs contract divergence with unrecovered savings quantified and upcoming cost pressure flagged in advance.
Review Price Clause
🚢 🔒 L&F Exclusive
Freight Cost Intelligence
L&F aggregates freight costs across its buyer network by lane. We know what other buyers pay on the same origin-destination pair. A CFO has no peer benchmark for freight — we provide it, and can offer consolidation programs to close the gap.
Your Rate vs L&F Network Avg Consolidation Opportunity
→ Answers the question €95K/yr
CFO Question
“Is my freight cost competitive, or am I paying above market on my key lanes?”
Knows their freight invoices. Has no lane-level benchmark to know if they’re paying above or below peers.
Sees per-lane rate vs L&F network average with annual excess cost quantified and consolidation path available.
Explore Consolidation
🌍 🔒 L&F Exclusive
Geographic Concentration Intelligence
L&F sees sourcing allocation across its entire buyer base. We benchmark each client’s geo exposure against comparable buyers in the same category — revealing whether their concentration is above or below industry peers, and quantifying the tariff and regulatory cost differential.
Your Concentration vs Peer Avg Tariff & Country Risk Gap
→ Answers the question €600K/yr
CFO Question
“Is my supply chain more exposed than my competitors — and what is that costing me?”
Knows their own sourcing split. Has no peer benchmark. Can’t quantify competitive risk exposure.
Sees concentration vs peer average by country with tariff excess quantified, diversification gap identified, and qualified factory options ready.
Diversification Roadmap
⚠ Layer C — Financial & Regulatory Risk
⚖ 🔒 L&F Exclusive
ESG & Regulatory Intelligence
L&F maps regulatory obligations (EU CSRD, US UFLPA, EU CBAM) against your supplier base and quantifies each as a financial liability. We identify non-compliant suppliers, upcoming deadlines, and the cost of inaction — before regulators do. Josephine: “ESG is a financial liability, not a checkbox.”
CSRD · UFLPA · CBAM Exposure Compliance Deadline & Cost Map
→ Answers the question €2.4M
CFO Question
“What is my regulatory exposure — and what will non-compliance cost me?”
Has compliance checklists. No financial quantification of regulatory liability. CBAM, CSRD, UFLPA tracked separately with no single P&L view.
Sees total regulatory liability by regulation mapped to specific suppliers, with financial impact quantified, deadline countdown, and prioritised action path.
Compliance Roadmap
💡 🔒 L&F Exclusive
True Total Cost Intelligence
Most CFOs negotiate on FOB price alone. But the real cost includes freight, tariffs, audit costs, and penalty reserves. L&F aggregates all cost layers across hundreds of buyers to create a peer benchmark that goes beyond the factory gate — revealing the hidden gap your ERP cannot see.
Full Cost Stack vs Peer Benchmark Freight · Tariff · Audit · Penalty
→ Answers the question €155K/yr
CFO Question
“Do I know my real cost per unit — or am I comparing on an incomplete number?”
Compares at FOB only. No visibility into whether freight, tariff, audit, and penalty layers are competitive vs peers — so the benchmark is structurally incomplete.
Sees full cost stack vs peer benchmark — freight overpay, tariff excess, audit cost, penalty reserve — all quantified with a clear recovery path per layer.
Full Cost Audit
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Cashflow & Payment Intelligence
L&F maps all confirmed POs with payment terms to build a rolling 30-day cashflow commitment view by country and supplier. We connect this to SCF facility utilization, identifying where payment extension via supply chain finance can free working capital while maintaining supplier relationships.
Payment Schedule by Country SCF Optimization & Headroom
→ Answers the question €745K
CFO Question
“Do I have full visibility into my payment commitments — and can I optimize working capital through SCF?”
Payment dates scattered across individual purchase orders. No consolidated forward cashflow view by country or supplier. SCF usage managed separately.
Rolling 30-day payment schedule by country mapped to SCF facility, with extension opportunities identified and headroom remaining clearly shown.
Optimize SCF

🔒 What Makes This Intelligence Exclusive

Seven of our nine modules require data that only L&F can see — because it comes from our position across the entire buyer-supplier network
📊 Cross-Buyer Pricing
We see what hundreds of buyers pay for the same product spec and origin. No single buyer, bank, or consultant has this view. It requires processing orders at network scale.
🏭 Cross-Buyer Supplier Behaviour
We see how a supplier behaves across all L&F buyers simultaneously. A single buyer only sees their own orders — we see the pattern that reveals systemic stress before it surfaces.
🛍 Retail Sell-Through Data
We track retail sales velocity across our buyer network — giving us a market demand signal that no individual buyer or ERP can generate internally.
🌍 Peer Geo Benchmarks
We know how comparable buyers in the same product category allocate sourcing by country. This peer benchmark for concentration risk does not exist anywhere else.
🚢 Network Freight Rates
We aggregate lane-level freight costs across our buyer network, creating a benchmark that no individual buyer can access. Combined with our volume, we can also offer consolidation to close the gap.
⚖ Regulatory Compliance Network
We see UFLPA traceability status, CSRD supplier data gaps, and CBAM origin exposure across the entire buyer-supplier network. No single buyer, auditor, or consultant can aggregate compliance signals at this scale or speed.
💡 True Cost Stack Benchmark
We aggregate the full cost stack — FOB, freight, tariff, audit, penalty — across hundreds of buyers in the same category. This gives a true total cost benchmark that goes beyond the factory gate price no individual buyer can construct alone.
📈 Actionable, Not Just Visible
Every signal connects directly to an L&F-facilitated action: renegotiation, factory audit, dual-sourcing, diversification roadmap, consolidation program, or compliance roadmap. Intelligence that leads to decisions.

The Li & Fung Positioning

The Problem We Solve

A CFO’s ERP tells them what they spent. It cannot tell them if they overpaid, missed a market move, are about to lose a supplier, or are building regulatory liability. Those gaps are where Li & Fung intelligence lives.

The Network Advantage

Li & Fung sits between hundreds of buyers and thousands of suppliers across global trade. No single buyer, bank, or consultant sees what we see. Our data is the network — and the network is the insight.

The Client Experience

A CFO opens the portal. Reads the priority list in 30 seconds. Clicks one signal. Gets the full picture with data only L&F can provide. Submits a request to the L&F team in two clicks. Closes knowing exactly what to act on.

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