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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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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MANAGEMENT OF WORKING CAPITAL 1. Meaning and Types of Finance: Finance - Finance is the Art & Science of Managing Money - Finance is the Art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears Types & Sources of Finance ____________________________________________________________ ________ Long Term Sources of Finance - Finance required to meet Capital Expenditure - Also‚ known as Fixed Capital Finance Short Term Sources of Finance - Finance required to meet day-to-day
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Financing Working Capital The financing of working capital is of utmost important. What portion of current assets should be financed by current liabilities? What portion should be financed by long-term resources? Decisions on these questions will determine the financing mix. Approaches to financing mix: There are 3 basic approaches to determine an appropriate financing mix. They are a. Hedging or Matching approach. b. Conservative approach. c. Trade-off between the above two
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WORKING CAPITAL STRATEGIES Working capital measures the availability of liquid assets that are needed to run the day to day activities. Proper management of this working capital is a key element to business success and a number one way to prevent business failure. Businesses can maintain a better position in paying their short term debts and also to fund the operational needs of the organization through different working capital strategies. Indeed‚ making working capital works for the
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Capital Expenditure vs Working Capital Capital expenditures are money spent by a company to acquire long-term assets. It is neither for short-term gain nor can be easily translated into cash. These investments are inevitable to ensure the continuing business operations and also for future expansion of the company. Types of Capital Expenditures Typically‚ capital expenditure refers to the expenses that a company incurred to purchase tangible fixed assets and intangible assets. Additionally
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Working Capital Simulation FIN/571 May 18‚ 2015 Arnold Harvey Victoria Holmes This simulation has given me a better understanding of what managers and CEO’s go through when making decisions for the company. As I went through each simulation more than once to see what affects the decisions had on cash flows‚ sales and EBIT. In some situations they changed whether it dropped or risen‚ and others they were completely stagnant with their movement through each phase. Below I will point out how and why
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201-029 Dell’s Working Capital 2 Dell maintained an inventory of components. The cost of individual components‚ such as processor chips‚ comprised about 80% of the cost of a PC. As new technology replaced old‚ the prices of components fell by an average of 30% a year. 1 Dell ordered components based on sales forecasts. Components were sourced from about 80 suppliers in the mid-1990s – down from a high of 200 or more. Dell issued “releases” for a certain amount of product from
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