WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT: Investment Decisions for Current Assets Compiled by Dr D. M. L. Kasilo (MBA‚ CPA‚ PhD) 1 Working Capital: What is it? 1.1 Introduction As a matter of principal‚ any understanding of financial management theories and best practices depends much on ones understanding of the balance sheet model. Figure 1‚ is adopted to facilitate discussions on working capital management practices. Figure 1:The Balance Sheet Model? Financial
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“built to order” business model and customer service focus which includes direct selling. Dell’s ability to maintain low levels of finished goods inventory minimized the cash conversion cycle to a high extent‚ thus minimizing the need for costly working capital. In past years‚ Dell has mainly financed its operations internally and secondly through the issuance of shareholder equity and small amounts of long term debt. Statement of Problem Being more flexible and responsive to market demands‚ Dell
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background to the problem Many organizations which are profitable on paper are required to end trading due to failure to meet short-term debts when they mature. An organization must manage its working capital in order to stay in business. It is also the habit of most of the organization to prefer purchasing goods on credit basis rather than paying cash‚ this is because the system ensures them of getting items even at a time they fall a shortage of cash or that the
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sales for each of the six months ending 30th June‚ 20x0 Solution: Note: High demand cannot be satisfied with a just in time stock management system. Therefore‚ over calculation for expected sales will be based on medium and low demand. SALES WORKING (£) Cash Receipt February = 19000 X 0.1 = 1900 Credit sales ½ X (19900 – 1900) = ½ X 17910=8955 Credit M = 2.5% X 8955 = 2239 = 224 Discount credit receipt in March = 8955- 224= 8731 Cash receipt March = 23900 x 0.1 = 2390 Credit sales ½ x (23900-
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 WORKING CAPITAL FINANCE Every Enterprise namely company/firm/individual requires money to meet the day to day business operations‚ for purchasing stocks and for acquiring raw materials for processing and conversion to finished good. Banks provide finance to purchase inventory directly by providing funded limits or by issuing letter of credit or Bank Guarantee. Bank also provides receivables finance to provide liquidity to the customers. 1.2 CREDIT - THE LIFELINE OF BUSINESS Of
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chp-14.qxd 10/18/05 12:48 PM Page 145 CHAPTER 14 Working Capital Management I n the chapters on ‘Planning an SSI Unit’ and ‘ Business Plan’‚ a discussion was made on the fixed capital and the working capital. Every business needs investment to procure fixed assets‚ which remain in use for a longer period. Money invested in these assets is called ‘Long term Funds’ or ‘Fixed Capital’. Business also needs funds for short-term purposes to finance current operations. Investment
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MINIMIZING WORKING CAPITAL Working capital is the key to a successful business. It is like their blood flow and the manager’s job is to help keep it flowing. Under the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles working capital is simply the difference between a company’s Current Assets‚ which are cash‚ inventory‚ accounts receivable and prepaid items‚ and Current Liabilities‚ accounts payable and accrued expenses. Working capital is of major importance to a business because it controls the current
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Working with Working Capital Management Multi-Line Industry Conglomerates Family Firms In GCC Countries Abstract: An efficient Working Capital Management (WCM) has a significant effect toward the creation of a firm’s value. It is a fact that financial managers in the firms used to give concentration on managing long-term financial decisions‚ specially capital structure‚ investment decisions‚ company valuation & dividends decisions. Only little attention was given to managing the short-term
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Concept of working capital. Working capital refers to short terms funds to met operating expenses. To quote Ramamoorthy‚ It refers to the funds‚ which a company must possess to finance its day – to –day operations “ it is concerned with the management of the firm’s current assets and current liabilities. It is concerned with the management fo the firm’ current assets‚ and current liabilities. If a firm cannot maintain a satisfactory level of working capital‚ it is likely to become insolvent and
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CHAPTER - I INTRODUCTION 1.1. WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Working capital may be regarded as life blood of a business. Working capital management is a process of planning and controlling the level and mix of the current assets of the firm as well as financing these assets. A study of working capital is of major importance to internal and external analysis because of its close relationship with the day-to-day operation of a business. Even in a well-established business with a long history
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