Kategorier: Alla - profitability - liabilities - liquidity - inventory

av Dany PG för 14 timmar sedan

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Working Capital Management

The management of working capital involves overseeing a company's current assets and liabilities to ensure liquidity and profitability. Current assets, such as cash, inventory, and accounts receivable, are balanced against current liabilities, including accounts payable and short-term debts.

Working Capital Management

It can be classified as

Working Capital Management

Classification of current assets by time

Operating cycle
Period from cash commitment to accounts receivable recovery
Liquidity and profitability
Asset liquidity and profitability (net sales - total cost)
According to time
Affected by sales seasonality, influencing cash and inventory levels

Financing and management of the company's current assets.

Net working capital
Change in net working capital

Difference between changes in current assets and liabilities

Positive when current assets exceed current liabilities
Current assets minus current liabilities

Positive net working capital

Current assets exceed current liabilities

Negative net working capital

Current assets are less than current liabilities

Working capital
Current assets of a firm

Current liabilities

Short-term debt due within a year.

Notes payable

Represents short-term debts

Like bank loans

Accrued expenses

Generated by pending payment

Accounts payable

Amounts owed to suppliers

Current assets

Cash and assets convertible to cash within a year.

Inventory

Raw materials, work in process, finished goods

Least liquid

Accounts receivable

Money owed for credit sales

Cash flow

Direct indicator of company cash flow

Negative initial cash flow, positive thereafter.

Positive initial cash flow, negative thereafter.