Chapter 6: Working Capital Management Flashcards
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Ready funds necessary for working of the enterprise
Working Capital
consists of funds invested in current assets or those assets and current liabilities
Working Capital
those assets which in the ordinary course of business can be turned into cash within a brief period without undergoing diminution in value and without disruption of the organization.
Current Assets
are those intended to be paid in the ordinary course of business within a short time.
Current liabilities
Factors of Working Capital
- Cost and quantity of raw materials
- Duration of manufacturing period
- Payment of wages
- Sales turnover
- Credit of cash sales and purchases
- Type of business
- banking connection
- growth and expansion
Formula of Gross Working Capital
= Total Current Assets
What is Net Working Capital
= Excess of Current Assets from Current Liabilities
indicates the liquidity position of the firm
Net working Capital
Ability to meet current obligation
Liquidity position
Uses of adequate working capital
- cash discount / trade discount
- sense of security, morale and confidence
- solvency and continuous production
- exploitation of good opportunities
- meeting unseen contingencies
- increased in efficiency of Financial Asssets and production
Inadequate of Working Capital
- Loss of creditworthiness and goodwill
- failure to avail favorable opportunities
- operating inefficiencies
Operating Cycle
- Collections of AR
- Purchase in inventory
- Sell in inventory
is the length of time it takes a company’s investment in inventory to be collected in cash from customers.
operating cycle
Cash Conversion Cycle
- Acquire inventory in account
- Sell inventory in account
- Collections of AR
- Pay suppliers
is the length of time it takes for a company’s investment in inventory to generate cash, considering that some or all of the inventory is purchased using credit.
CASH CONVERSION CYCLE
is a factor that determines how much liquidity a company needs.
The length of the company’s operating and cash conversion cycles
Excessive of Working Capital
- Idle funds
- Loss of confidence and Goodwill
- Misapplication of Funds
- Inefficient Mgt.
length of time needed to convert asset to cash
Liquidity
degree associated with the conversion ratio or
price paid for the asset
Liquidity
the firm’s ability to pay its maturing obligations on time
Liquidity
company’s cash position and its ability to pay its bills as the come due
Liquidity
Deciding the level of each type of Current Assets to hold and how to finance current liabilities
Working Capital Policy
controlling cash, inventories, and A/R, plus short-term liability management.
Working capital management
A suitable measure to evaluate the management
of networking capital.
Profitability