Chapter 6: Working Capital Management Flashcards
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
Refers to money in physical form of currency
Cash
In finance, __________ refers to current assets comprising currency or currency equivalents can be accessed immediately.
Cash
is seen either as a reserve for payments, in case of a structural or incidental negative cash flow or as a way to avoid a downturn on financial markets.
Cash
Funds that are immediately available to a business can be spent as needed as opposed to assets that must be sold to generate cash.
Cash-on-hand
Unrestricted liquid funds that have been placed on deposit
Cash-in-bank
The sum of all coins, currency and others
Cash-in-bank
Balances that are held by the bank
Compensating balance
Assets that can be quickly liquidated into cash and whose maturity period is less than a year
Near-cash/Marketable
securities
Legally enforceable claim for payment to a business by its customers/clients for goods supplied and/or services rendered in the execution of the customers’ orders
Accounts receivable
stock refers to the goods and materials that a business holds for the ultimate purpose of resale or production
Inventory
average length of time it takes to convert inventory or materials into finished goods and sell them
Inventory Conversion Period
Formula of Inventory Conversion Period
= Total inventory/sales per day
average length of time required to convert a firm’s receivable into cash
Receivables Collection Period
Formula of Receivables Collection Period
=(Accounts Receivable/sales per day)
Number of times inventory is sold or used in a period.
Inventory Turnover
Formula of Inventory Turnover
= Cost of goods sold or net assets/ average inventory
Number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after sales has been made
Days Sales Outstanding
Formula of Days Sales Outstanding
=(Accounts Receivable/total credit sales) X number of days
focuses on the length of time between when a company makes payments to its creditors and when a company receives payments from its customers.
cash conversion model
The length of time between the firm’s actual cash expenditures on productive resources and its own cash receipts from the sale of its product.
cash conversion model
This equals the length of time the firm has funds tied up in current assets
cash conversion model
Formula of Cash conversion Cycle
CCC = Inventory conversion period + Receivables collection period – Payables deferral period
Involves planning of cash inflows and outflows and determining the optimal balances of cash and near-cash accounts
Managing cash
The goal of Cash Management
- to meet objectivesespecially to have cash for transaction yet not have any excess cash
- to minimize transactions
Budgeting and forecasting; maintaining additional cash balances to pay predictable day-to-day cash needs
Transactions motive