While there is a measured improvement in supply chain payment practices, the 4.7-point gain from 2020 to 2025 suggests the pace of progress is slow. The reduced sample size in 2025, alongside the small score increase, indicates that while some companies are improving their payment behaviors, these gains may not be widespread across the entire supply chain sector.
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In one line: Supply chain payment practices improved by a marginal 4.7 points, from 54.1 in 2020 to 58.9 in 2025.
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The year-on-year decline of 0.1 points, while statistically insignificant, suggests a stagnation in payment performance
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