Working Capital Management

COURSE LAYOUT

Week1:Introduction, meaning, concepts, classification and importance of working capital, Relevance of current assets and current liabilities in the balance sheet,Objectives of WCM. Over- capitalisation, under- capitalisation, zero working capital, Short-term v/s long term financing-A risk-return trade-off.Liquidity v/s profitability trade-off. Cost trade-off, Working capital approaches. Working capital management in some companies.

Week2:Factors determining working capital requirements, Assessment and forecasting of working capital requirements, Assessment and forecasting of working capital requirements, Operating cycle, Weighted Operating cycle.

Week3:Relevance of current assets and current liabilities and their inter-relationship, Management of different current assets, Management of Inventory. Relevance and scope, Deciding the optimum level of inventory in a firm, Purpose and benefits of holding inventory.

Week4:Risk and cost of holding inventory, Inventory management - tools, techniques, Inventory management - tools, techniques, Inventory management - tools, techniques, Inventory management models.

Week5:Inventory management models, Determining stock levels and safety stocks, Types of organizations holding inventory, Inventory strategies & techniques, Inventory strategies & techniques.

Week6:Cases on Inventory Management, Management of Accounts Receivables, Creation and size of accounts receivables, Motives of extending credit, Limitations of A/Rs-Marginal tax considerations.

Week7:Limitations of A/Rs-Tax considerations, Determining maximum length of credit period, Credit terms, opportunity costs, receivables at cost or sale price, Goals and functions of A/Rs management, Short-term changes in credit policy, Long-term changes in credit policy.

Week8:Financial statements analysis wrt. A/Rs, Financial statements analysis wrt. A/Rs, Financial, Cash management-meaning and concept statements analysis wrt. A/Rs, Cash management-meaning and concept, Cash v/s profit. Cash flow, cash stock and cash to current assets ratio.

Week9:Cash flow presentation as per IFRS, NOCF & priority outflows, Management of liquidity-Shiftability theory, Liquidity newly defined, liquidity crises 7 firm level action, Measurement of liquidity.

Week10:Window dressing, Certainty model by Baumol, Uncertainty model by Miller & Orr, Cash flow forecasting, Cash collection system.

Week11:Management of Accounts Payables, Trade credits-terms of purchase, stretching accounts payables, Cost of Stretching A/Ps, The model of cost of stretching A/Ps, Overtrading and the need of a good information system.

Week12:Financing Working Capital Gap, Sources of working capital finance, Bank finance, Tondon and Chore committees on Bank finance, Other sources ofworking capital finance and deciding a suitable mix.