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One of the costliest areas in cash supply chain management for a bank or credit union is the expense associated with cash deposit and deliveries. In this blog post, we will be reccomending best practices that financial institutions should use to define their delivery schedules appropriately to optimize the cash supply chain and reduce deposit, delivery and holding costs.

One of the best practices for having optimal inventory levels is to regularly update your inventory expectations frequently. This means adjusting your targets and limits appropriately by reviewing your actual cash demand and usage. Often, cash inventory and supply chain processes and expectations go years without being updated. However, to truly optimize your processes, these expectations should be updated on a monthly basis, and even more often if there are significant changes to your cash supply chain or inventory like during the COVID-19 pandemic when cash demand was higher than normal.

Financial institutions use limits to manage their cash supply chain and inventory, however there are “do’s” and “don’ts” of setting limits that can drastically affect your success. Today, we will discuss best practices your bank or credit union can use to set limits appropriately.

Another one of the many consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic was the partial closure of the economy. Due to this partial closure, a nationwide coin shortage has developed because consumers are unable to spend their coins at local businesses that were temporarily closed or cut back on their operations. In addition, the U.S. Mint’s coin production also decreased at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep employees safe. Additionally, we’ve seen an increase in online purchasing which yet again, leave coins out of the mix. All of these factors mean there are less coins now in circulation.

Logicpath, a leader in fintech software and analytics has been recognized as a Top Cash Management Solution Provider for 2020 by CFO Tech Outlook, specifically for C3 Financial, a cash supply chain and management solution for banks and credit unions. Logicpath’s C3 Financial application optimizes the cash supply chain by streamlining cash operations with a centralized and automated approach to cash ordering. The application applies inventory management principles and predictive analytics so that financial institutions are better equipped to forecast cash demand at each cash end point, down to the denomination across the enterprise.

In an effort to help financial institutions navigate uncertain times and adjust to a “new normal,” Logicpath, a leader in fintech software and analytics, is solving a critical need for banks and credit unions by centralizing the cash order process and optimizing inventory levels at every cash end point, down to the denomination through the use of software.

If we’ve learned anything over the last few months, it is that the least expected can easily become reality and everything can change in an instant. In our previous post we talked a lot about the trends that should be evaluated when reviewing your cash supply chain and the processes surrounding your branch, ATM and vault cash inventory, but as we adjust to a “new normal” we are beginning to see that the previous trends may not always apply.

This week, our smart tip focuses on awareness of trends in the demand for cash. While we have all witnessed the unexpected over the last few months and recognize the importance of being prepared for the unknown, it is even more critical to be aware of ongoing and predictable trends that impact your cash flow. Here are five tips to help your financial institution optimize their cash supply chain and inventory.

To complete the series, we created “6 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Cash Supply Chain.” These six questions are meant to be reflected on to best help you optimize your cash supply chain and inventory.

A good inventory system is important to any business' growth. For most industries, inventory ties up cash figuratively in products sitting on a shelf or in a warehouse. But for financial institutions, branch, ATM, vault and device cash is a financial institution’s inventory.