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RESEARCH REPORTON
A STUDY ONWORKING CAPITAL AND COST OF GOODS
SOLD
OF VARIAN INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD.
KANPUR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
(AFFILIATED TO GAUTAM BUDDHA TECHNICALUNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW)
IN PARTIAL FULLFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF THE DEGREE
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
(2011-2013)
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
(Ms. Purnima Jaiswal)
SUBMITTED BY:
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( Paras Arora )
1171470063
MBA BATCH 2011-2013
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Mr. Paras Arora Roll number 1171470063, a student of MBA in
Kanpur Institute of Management Studies, has carried out the research work presented in this
Research Report titled A STUDY ONWORKING CAPITAL AND COST OF GOODS
SOLD OF VARIAN INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD. for the award of Master of Business
Administration from Gautam Buddha Technical University for the academic batch 2011-
2013 , under my guidance.
Name of the Project Guide
Ms. Purnima Jaiswal
(Assistant Professor)
HOD
Kanpur Institute of Management Studies Unnao.
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DECLARATION
I, Paras Arora , hereby declare that the project work entitled A STUDY ON WORKING
CAPITAL AND COST OF GOODS SOLD OF VARIAN INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD.
submitted towards MBA Certificate is my original work and the dissertation has not formed the
basis for award of any degree, associate ship, fellowship or any similar title to the best of my
knowledge.
Place: Unnao
Date: ( Paras Arora )
1171470063
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CONTENT
Part A: Organizational study
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1 Sectorial analysis 9
Introduction to VARIAN
Company profile
History
Values
Vision
Mission
Achievement
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3 Products 17
4 VARIAN care program 20
5 Philosophy and human face 20
6 Quality policy 21
7 Environment ,health & safety policy 22
8 Organizational structure 23
9 Financial highlights 24
10 Swot analysis 26
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Part B: Project report
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1 Executive summary 28
2 Research design
Statement of the problem
Objective of the study
Limitation of the study
Types of data collection
Data collection technique
Sample design
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3 Working capital (Definition) 32
4 permanent and temporary working capital 34
5 Working capital needs of a business 35
6 Working capital cycle 36
7 Factor determining the working capital requirement 41
8 Consequences of under assessment on working capital 44
9 Consequences of over assessment on working capital 45
10 Impact of inflation on working capital requirement 45
11 Impact of double shift working capital requirement 45
12 Zero working capital 47
13 Adequate working capital 47
14 Working capital leverage 48
15 Approaches to working capital finance 49
16 Financing working capital 53
17 Committee recommendation of working capital finance 54
18 Method for estimating working capital requirement 56
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19 Inventory management 58
20 Objective of inventory management 59
21 Inventory management techniques 61
22 Receivable management 63
23 Receivable collection policy 66
24 Process of receivable management 67
25 Cash management 67
26 Effects of cash deficits 67
27 Cash budget 67
28 Method of cash flow budgeting 71
29 Cash management model 72
30 Analysis and interpretation
Types of ratio 73
31 Profitability ratio 75
32 Activity ratio 78
33 Liquidity ratio 80
34 Classification of costs 83
35 Proforma of cost sheet 86
36 Conclusion 89
37 Recommendation 90
38 Bibliography 91
39 Annexure 91-94
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PART A:
ORGANIZATIONAL STUDY
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9393 12022
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8th five year plan 9th five year plan10th five year plan11th five year plan
DBT
Total S& T
SECTORIAL ANALYSIS
Indias biotechnology sector is at a crossroads. On the one hand, it must find affordable solutions
to the pressing national needs in agriculture, health and energy, but on the other, it must be
competitive enough to take advantage of the lucrative international markets. The IndianGovernment established an independent Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in the Ministry of
Science and Technology as early as 1986, much before biotechnology became a buzzword.
Government funding to the S&T sector increased by eight times from the 8th Five-Year Plan to
the 11th Five-Year Plan and support to the life sciences sector steadily increased by 16 times in
the same period As a result, a firmer foundation of life sciences and biotechnology has been
created over the years in public-funded institutions, over which a strong edifice of innovation
and enterprise could be built now. Fiscal incentives include relaxed price controls for drugs,
subsidies on capital limits, and tax holidays for R&D spending. Several State Governments (e.g.
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Gujarat)
have come up with added financial (e.g. tax concessions) and policy incentives (biotech parks,
incubators of their own) to spur investment in biotechnology. DBT and other organizations have
proactively taken up a number of initiatives in creating trained human resource, institutional
infrastructure (e.g. microbial culture collections, cell and tissue lines, gene banks, laboratory
animals, facilities for oligonucleotide synthesis, etc.) and a strong research base in the country in
areas relating to agriculture and forestry, human health, animal productivity, environmental
safety
and industrial production.
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Plan Total S&T ( in crore) DBT (in crore)
8th five year plan 9393 406
9th five year plan 12022 675
10th five year plan 25301 1150
11th five year plan 75304 6400
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Figure: From the 8th Five-Year Plan to the 11th Five-Year Plan, governments total S&T budget
increased by eight times and DBTs budget by 16 times.
Segments of biotechnology sector
Biopharma segment
The biopharma segment mainly concentrates on vaccines, non-vaccine therapeutics, other
novel products and contract services4. Its strong impact has been on promoting low-costcommodities and forcing a price reduction on MNC bio products.
Bio services.
Bio Services segment comprises of clinical research, contract manufacturing and contract
researches.
Bio agriculture
Bio industrial
Bio industrial Services is a contract laboratory specializing in the analysis of a variety of
products and raw materials for the Pharmaceutical industry, Veterinary Health industry,
Cosmetics and the Food and additives market.
Bio informatics
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Bioinformatics was applied in the creation and maintenance of a database to store
biological information at the beginning of the "genomic revolution", such as nucleotide
and amino acid sequences. Development of this type of database involved not only
design issues but the development of complex interfaces whereby researchers could both
access existing data as well as submit new or revised data.
Category Percentage (%)
Bio pharma 67
Bio services 15
Bio agriculture 12
Bio industrial 4
Bio informatics 2
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Bio pharma
67%
Bio services
15%
Bio agriculture
12%
Bio industrial
4%Bio informatics
2%percentage(%)
Bio pharma
Bio services
Bio agriculture
Bio industrial
Bio informatics
Figure. Chart showing the segments of biotechnology sector.
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Year Bio Pharma Bio Services Bio Agriculture Bio Industry Bio Informatics
2006-07 1790 135 110 235 70
2007-08 2752 275 130 238 80
2008-09 3570 425 330 320 100
2009-10 4768 720 598 375 120
2010-11 5973 1102 926 395 145
2011-12 6399 1572 1201 410 190
Table: Revenue generated by biotechnology sector in( crore).
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COMPANY PROFILE.
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COMPANY PROFILE
Varian, Inc. is a leading worldwide supplier of scientific instruments and vacuum technologies
for life science and industrial applications. The company provides complete solutions, including
instruments, vacuum products, laboratory consumable supplies, software, training and support
through its global distribution and support systems. Varian, Inc. employs approximately 3,500
people worldwide and operates manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and Asia
Pacific. Varian, Inc. had fiscal year 2012 sales of $807 million, and its common stock is traded
on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "VARI." It has been opened his
company in Kolkata since 2007 with 8 products.
History:-
Varian, Inc. was formed in 1999 when Varian Associates Inc.--a pioneer of the renowned high-
tech hotbed of Silicon Valley, California. reorganized into three independent public companies:
Varian Medical Systems Inc.; Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc.; and Varian,
Inc. Varian, Inc. operates as a leading supplier in scientific instruments, vacuum technologies,
and contract manufacturing and has 14 locations in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.
The company caters to the life science, health care, semiconductor processing, and industrial
industries and has over 20,000 customers. Varian's three main business segments include
Scientific Instruments, Electronics Manufacturing, and Vacuum Technologies.
VALUES:-
Our values guide the way we do businessour customers, suppliers and employees see them in
action every day when they work with us. We believe its these values that have helped us
enable our customers to excel, and have helped us attract and retain our most valuable assetour
exceptional people.
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VISION:-
The people of Varian, Inc. enhance customers' success by devising integrated, creative solutions
to their most pressing technological and process requirements. Grounded in an unbending
commitment to Inspiring Excellence, we strive to deliver the highest quality products and
services, offering exceptional value to our customers. As a result, we create growth opportunities
for employees while working to achieve the best financial performance in our industry,
providing shareholders with an excellent return on their investment.
MISSION:-
To be the market leader by providing customer delight through excellent quality, service and
cost-effectiveness in a progressive, innovative and challenging environment. We endeavour to
provide an enriching, rewarding and environment friendly work experience to our employees in
an achievement-based, high- performance culture. We will provide maximum satisfaction to all
our stakeholders.
Achievement:-
2012 Number 12 in the Business Week50 listing of best performing public corporations
2011 Number 14 in the Business Week50 listing of best performing public corporations
2008, 2009, 2010 named one ofIndustry Week's "50 Best Manufacturing Companies" in
the U.S.
2006 R&D 100 Award
2006 Forbes Global High Performer
2004, 2005 Forbes Platinum 400 list
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PRODUCTS
VARIAN provides leading edge tools and solutions for diverse, high growth applications in life
science and industry.
Scientific Instruments:-
Were leaders and innovators in creating solutions that solve a wide range of challenges in life
science and industry. In particular, we excel in creating high performance products, often
combining our diverse technologies and capabilities to create new ways to meet the evolving
needs of our customers. Our instruments, consumable supplies, and solutions are key tools in
bio-molecular and academic research, pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing, and industrial
R&D and quality control, and in developing everything from disease-resistant crops to cosmetics
to testing drinking water and monitoring quality in the petrochemical industry.
Vacuum Technologies :-
We specialize in listening carefully to customer requirements and developing vacuum systems
tailored to meet each ones unique needs. We do this by leveraging our broad product range andour 50 years of fundamental expertise in vacuum technologies. Whether a customer is building a
mass spectrometer or a medical linear accelerator, a system for producing flat panel displays or
coating architectural glass, or experimenting in high-energy, physics experiment, Varian, Inc.
works alongside its customers to solve vacuum challenges.
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Chromatography:-
GC
Flexible solutions, for every application,
From portable Micro-GC to custom
Configurations.
Flash Chromatography
Automated systems improve performance and
Minimize routine tasks to increase productivity
Molecular spectroscopy:-
UV-Vis-NIR
Outstanding performance, flexibility and
Ease of use is what you expect from
The range of Varian spectrophotometers,
From routine to research applications.
FT-IR Imaging
Microscopes and imaging products
For medical, biological and industrial
Applications, with unmatched spatial
Resolution, speed and ease of use.
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Application-based consumables:-Application-Based
Drug Testing and Screening
Varian offers a range of USP-compliant
Dissolution vessels, paddles, and baskets,
All serialized for traceability.
Biotech Particles
Highly reproducible, functionalized
Magnetic, latex and custom particles for
Biotech applications, and solid phase synthesis supports.
Vacuum Technologies for Science and Industry
Primary Vacuum Dry Scroll Pumps
Consistent performance in a reliable,
dry vacuum in a small, economical
Package.
Vacuum Control
Precise, user-friendly mass
Spectrometer and ion pump leak
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Detectors are available with wireless
Remote capability.
Varian Care Program
The Varian Care Program adds value to your business by ensuring ongoing productivity.
Whether you need service, training or preventive maintenance, you need more than a skilled
technician. You need a good listener who will understand your situation and give you the best
advice and service possible. Our dedicated field support representatives and specialists take
pride in their work and are committed to ensuring you get the most from your investment. Our
goal is to help you increase your productivity, maximize your uptime and achieve the highest
return possible on your investment. Our experienced and highly qualified support organization is
strategically located throughout the world to ensure rapid response.
Philosophy & Human Face
Optimum utilization of knowledge:
The Group understand and values the power of knowledge and information .Thus, each
employee is encouraged to garner and utilize his knowledge data to optimum for intrinsic
development and orientation.
Solving problem with the 'Heart':
Emotions are strongly considered. Emotional approach is effective as rational for resolving
problems. The key is to understand the people and their reaction to increase tolerance towards
them.
Playing the Devil's Advocate:
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Using a negative point of view and playing the Devil's advocate in all aspects of decision-
making help to eliminate the week points and make the plan more robust and fool proof.
Negative thinking to a certain extent is a far- sighted technique for positive outcome and helps
dilute the over-confidence aspect that might hinder the success of the plan.
Be Positive:
Optimism keeps one float. Positive thinking generates positive energy that can convert an
adverse situation into striking opportunity.
Out-of-the box thinking
Creativity fuels innovations. Thinking out of the box can result in key insights that can yield
excellent results.
Managing and control
It is the duty of people at the helm of affairs to impart a guideline when things are not clear.
They must encourage creative thinking for a solution-oriented approach and have backup plansfor adverse situations ready.
Quality Policy
VARIAN INDIA PVT LTD is committed to delight customer by implementing Total Quality
Management (TQM)
We shall achieve this by:
Providing consistent product quality at right time and price.
Effectively and efficiently utilization Man, Material and Technologies.
Developing employees by providing adequate training.
Involving and motivating all employees (TET) for continual improvement in work place
and processes.
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Environment, Health and Safety Policy
Varian India Pvt Ltd, Kolkata engaged in manufacturing and supply of aggregates and
components is committed to improved Environment, Health and Safety performance continually
through:
Prevention of pollution at all times throughout entire process of activity to give a clean
environment.
Compliance at all items with legal and other requirements applicable to environmental
aspect .
Conserving natural resources and preserving through 3 R's:
Reduce,
Recycle, and
Reuse
Imbibing awareness and participation of all personnel working under the control of the
organization at all levels through appropriate training.
Creating a safe working environment to prevent injury and ill health
Sharing information on safety hazards with all personnel working under the control of
the organization and interested party.
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Organisational structure:-
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Chairman & ManagingDirector
Director
(HR)
Director
(Finance)
Director
(Technical)
Director
(Commercials)
Director
(Operation)
Director
(Projects)
General Manager
New Delhi
General Manager
Kolkata
Executive Director
(North Region)
Executive Director
(South Region)
Executive Director
(West Region)
Executive Director
(East Region)
General Manager
Chennai , Bangalore
General Manager
Mumbai
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS:-
Sales($ in
mn*)
772.8 834.7 920.6 1012.5 806.7
Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Profit($ in
Mn*)
1.34 2.17 2.05 1.59 3.67
year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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SWOT ANLYSIS
Strengths: -
The company is not able to respond very quickly as we have no red tape, no need forhigher management approval, etc.
The company is able to give really good customer care, as the current small amount
of work means we have plenty of time to devote to customers.
The companys lead consultant has strong reputation within the market.
The company is able to change direction quickly if we find that our marketing is not
working.
The company has small overheads, so can offer good value to customers.
Weaknesses: -
The company has no market presence or reputation.
The company has a small staff with a shallow skills base in many areas.
The company is vulnerable to vital staff being sick, leaving, etc.
The companys cash flow will be unreliable in the early stages.
Lack of consistency.
Opportunities: - The companys business sector is expanding, with many future opportunities for
success.
The companys local council wants to encourage local businesses with work where
possible.
The companys competitors may be slow to adopt new technologies.
Threats:
Will developments in technology change this market beyond our ability to adapt?
A small change in focus of a large competitor might wipe out any market position
we achieves.
The consultancy might therefore decide to specialize in rapid response, good value
services to local businesses. Marketing would be in selected local publications, to get
the greatest possible market presence for where possible.
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PART B:
PROJECT REPORT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
VARIAN INDIA PVT LTD is leading scientific instrument and vacuum technology
manufacturer and supplier. It was started in 1948 in California by brothers RUSSEL and
SIGURD VARIAN. VARIAN is one of the largest scientific instrument and vacuum technologymanufacturing entities in the country. The company has spread its wings to reach its customers
more effectively by setting up five branches in India. (Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi,
Bangalore)
Working capital (abbreviated WC) is a financial metric which represents operating liquidity
available to a business, organization, or other entity, including governmental entity. Along with
fixed assets such as plant and equipment, working capital is considered a part of operating
capital. Net working capital is calculated as current assets minus current liabilities. It is a
derivation of working capital that is commonly used in valuation techniques such as DCFs
(Discounted cash flows). If current assets are less than current liabilities, an entity has a working
capital deficiency, also called a working capital deficit.
Working Capital = Current Assets
Net Working Capital = Current Assets Current Liabilities
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RESEARCH DESIGN
Statement of the problem
Working capital management is concerned with the problem arise in attempting to manage the
current assets, current liabilities and interrelation between both. It operational goal is to manage
the smooth functioning of day-to- day operation of an organization.
Objective of the Study
The objectives of the study are:
1. To know how the working capital requirement of the organisation are managed
2. To know the importance and requirement of working capital management for the
smooth functioning of the organisation.
3. To study the working capital components such as receivables accounts, cash
management, Inventory position
4. To recommend any changes, if required.
Limitations of the study
Following limitations were encountered while preparing this project:
1) Limited data: - This project has completed with annual reports; it just constitutes one
part of data collection i.e. secondary. There were limitations for primary data collection
because of confidentiality.
2) Limited period: - This project is based on five year annual reports. Conclusions and
recommendations are based on such limited data. The trend of last five year may or may
not reflect the real working capital position of the company
3) Limited area: - Also it was difficult to collect the data regarding the competitors and
their financial information. Industry figures were also difficult to get.
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Types of data collection
There are two types of data collection methods available.
1. Primary data collection:- The data which is collected fresh or first hand, and for first timewhich is original in nature. Primary data can collect through personal interview,
questionnaire etc. to support the secondary data.
2. Secondary data collection:- The secondary data are those which have already collected
and stored. Secondary data easily get those secondary data from records, journals, annual
reports of the company etc. It will save the time, money and efforts to collect the data.
Secondary data also made available through trade magazines, balance sheets, books etc.
This project is based on primary data collected through personal interview of head ofaccount department, head of SQC department and other concerned staff member of finance
department. But primary data collection had limitations such as matter confidential
information thus project is based on secondary information collected through five years
annual report of the company, supported by various books and internet sides. The data
collection was aimed at study of working capital management of the company.
The data required for the study was taken from the Finance department; some of the data
were also taken from the sales department and purchase department. Thus all the data
collected were of secondary type and no primary data was taken and used. Some of the
employees were interviewed to know about the prevailing, which helped to great extent in
making decisions about the importance of the items.
Data collection technique
The methodology adopted to collect the primary data was Personal Interview Methods,
while at the same time secondary data are taken from company magazine.
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Sampling Design
Type of sampling:Systematic sampling to the employees
Sample size: 6
Area of sampling:Finance Dept. Varian India Pvt Ltd.
Sample collection Technique: Personal Interview
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Working Capital :-
Definition of working capital
The Capital required to run the day-to-day operation of an organization is known as WorkingCapital. It can be either gross working capital or net working Capital. Gross working capital
means the total of the all current assets whereas Net working capital means the difference
between the total Current assets and Current liabilities.
WORKING CAPITAL = CURRENT ASSETS CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currentassets are those assets which will be converted in to cash within the current accounting
period or within the next year as a result of the ordinary operation of the business. They are cash
or near cash resources. These include:
Cash and Bank balances
Receivables
Pre-Paid expenses
Short-term advances
Temporary advance
Inventory
Raw materials, stores and spares
Work-in-Progress
Finished goods
The value represented by these assets circulates among several items. Cash is to buy raw
materials, to pay wages to meet others manufacturing expenses. Finished goods are produced.
These are held as inventories. When these are sold, accounts receivables are created. The
collections of accounts receivable bring cash into the firm. The cycle starts again
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Cash
Inventories
Receivables
Current liabilities are the debts of the firms that have to be paid during the current accounting
period or within the a year. These include:
Creditors for goods purchased
Outstanding expenses i.e., expenses due but not paid
Short-term borrowings
Advances received against sales
Taxes and Dividends payable
Other liabilities maturing within a year.
Working capital is also known as circulating capital, fluctuating capital and revolving
capital .The magnitude and composition keep on changing continuously in the course of
business.
Every business needs adequate liquid resources in order to maintain day-to-day cash flow. It
needs enough cash to pay wages and salaries as they fall due and to pay creditors if it to keep its
workforce and ensure its supplies.
Maintaining adequate working capital is not just important in the short term. Sufficient
liquidity must be maintained in order to ensure the survival of the business in the long-term as
well.
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Even a profitable business may fail if it does not have adequate cash flow to meet its liabilities as
they fall due.
Therefore, when businesses make investment decisions they must not only consider the
financial outlay involved with acquiring the new machine or the new building ,etc, but must also
take account of the additional current assets that are usually involved with any expansion of
activity.
Increased production increases need to hold more stock of raw material and work-in-progress.
Increased sales usually mean that the level of debtors will increase. A general increase in the
firms scale of operations tends to imply a need for greater levels of cash.
Permanent and Temporary Working Capital
Considering times as the basis of classification, there are two types of working capital viz,
Permanent and Temporary working capital.
Permanent working capital represents the assets required on continuing basis over the entire
year, whereas temporary working capital represents additional assets required at different times
during of the year.
A firm will finance its seasonal and current fluctuation business operation through short-termdebt financing. For example, in Peak season, more raw material to be purchased, more
manufacturing expenses to be incurred, more funds will be locked in debtors balance etc. In such
times excess requirement of working capital will be financed from short term financing
sources.
The permanent components current assets which are required throughout the year will generally
be financed from long-term debt and equity. Tandon Committee has referred to this types of
working capital as Core Current Assets.
Core current Assets are those required by the firm to ensure of operations which represents the
minimum levels of various items of current assets viz., stock of raw material, stock of work-in-
process, stock of finished goods, debtors balance, cash and bank etc. This minimum level of
current assets will be financed by the long term sources and any fluctuation etc. This minimum
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level of current assets will be financed by long term sources and any fluctuation over the level of
the current assets will be financed by the short-term financing. Sometimes core current assets are
also referred to as Hard core working capital
Temporary short term
Current Financing
assets
Rs. Long term
=
Debt
+
Equity
Capital Fixed
assets
Time.......................................
The management of working capital is concern with maximising the return to shareholder withinthe accepted risk constraints carried by the participants in the company.
WORKING CAPITAL NEEDS OF A BUSINESS
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Different industries have different optimum working capital profiles, reflecting their method of
doing business and what they are selling.
Business with a lot of cash sales and few credit sales should have minimal trade debtors.
Supermarkets are good examples of such businesses.
Business that exists to trade in completed products will only have finished goods in
stock. Compared this with manufactures who will also have to maintain stock of raw
material and work-in-progress.
Some finished goods, notably foodstuffs, have to be sold within a limited period because
of their perishable nature.
Larger companies may be able to use their bargaining strength as customers to obtain
more favourable, extended credit terms from suppliers. By contrast, smaller companies,
particularly those that have recently started trading (and do not have a record of
accomplishment of credit worthiness) may be required to pay their suppliers
immediately.
Some business will receive their monies at certain times of the year, although they my
incur expenses thought the year at a consistent level. This is often known as seasonality
of the cash flow. For example, travel agents have peak sales in the weeks immediately
following Christmas.Working Capital Cycle
Introduction
The working capital cycle can be define as:
The period of time, which elapses between the point at which cash begins to be expended on
the production of a product and the collection of cash from customer?
Cash is used to buy raw material and other stores, so cash is converted into raw material and
stores inventory. Then the raw material and stores are issued to the production department.
Wages are paid and other expenses are incurred in the process and work-in-process comes into
existence. Work in-process becomes finished goods. Finished goods are sold to customer on
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credit. In the course of time these customer pay cash for the goods purchase by them. Cash is
retrieved and the cycle is completed. Thus, working capital cycle consists of four stage.
The raw material and stores inventory stage
The work-in-progress stage
The finished goods inventory stage
The receivable.
The diagram below illustrates the working capital cycle for a manufacturing firm.
Work-In- progress
Raw material stock Finished goods stock
Wages & overheads sales
Trade creditors Trade debtors
Selling expenses
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Cash
Taxation Shareholders
Fixed assets loan Creditors
Lease payment
The upper portion of the diagram above shows in a simplified from the chain of a events in a
manufacturing firm. Each of the boxes in the upper part of the diagram can be seen as a tank
through which funds flow. These tanks, which are concerned with day-to-day activities, have
funds constantly following into and out of them.
The chain starts with the firm buying raw material on credit.
In due course, this stock to be used in production ,work will be carried out on the stock,
and it will become part of the firms work in progress( WIP)
Work will continue on the WIP until it eventually emerges as the finished product.
As production progresses, labour costs and overheads will need to be met.
Of course, at some stage trade creditors will need to be paid
When the finished goods are sold on credit, debtors are increased
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They will eventually pay, so that cash will be injected into the firm
Each of the areas stocks (raw material, work in progress and finished goods), trade
debtors, cash (positive or negative) and trade creditors-can be viewed as tanks into and
from which funds flow.
Working capital is clearly not the only aspect of a business that affects the amount of
cash:
The business will have to make payments to government for taxation
Fixed assets will be purchased and sold
Lesser of fixed assets will be paid their rent.
Shareholders (existing or new) may provide new funds in the form of cash.
Some shares may be redeemed for cash.
Dividends may be paid.
Long term loan creditors (existing or new) may provide loan finance ,loan will need to
be repaid from time to time , and
Interest obligation will have to be met be the business.
Unlike movement in the working capital items, most of this non- working capital cash
transaction is not every day events. Some of them are annual events (e.g. tax payments, lease
payment, dividends, interest and possibly, fixed assets purchase and sales). Others (e.g. new
equity and loan finance and redemption of old equity and loan finance would typically be rarer
events.
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Working capital cycle involves conversions and rotation of various constituents/components of
the working capital. Initially cash converted into raw materials.
Subsequently ,with the usages of fixed assets resulting in value additions ,the raw material get
converted into work in process and then into finished goods. When sold on credit, the finished
goods assume the form of debtors who give the business cash on due date. Thus, cash assumes
its original form against at the end of one such working capital cycle but in the course it passes
through various other forms of current assets too. This is how various components of current
assets keep on changing their forms due to value addition.
As a result, they rotate and business operation continues. Thus, the working capital cycle
involves rotation of various constituents of the working capital.
While managing the working capital, two characteristics of current assets should be kept in mind
viz.
1. Short life span
2. Swift transformation into other form of current assets.
Each constituent of current assets has comparatively very short life span. Investment remains in
a particular form of current assets for a short period. The life span of current assets depends
upon the time required in the activities of procurement, production, sales and collection and
degree of synchronisation among them. A very short life span of current assets results into swift
transformation into other form of current assets for a running business. These characteristics
have certain implication-
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i. Decision regarding management of the working capital has to be taken frequently and
on a repeat basis.
ii. The various components of the working capital are closely related and mismanagement
of any one component adversely affects the other components too.
iii. The difference between the present value and the book value of profit is not significant.
The working capital has the following components, which are in several form of current
assets:
1. Stock of cash
2. Stock of raw material
3. Stock of finished goods
4. Value of debtors
5. Miscellaneous current assets like short term investment loans & advances.
Factors Determining the working Capital Requirement
The is not set of universally applicable rules to ascertain working capital needs of a business
organisation. The factors which influence the need level are discussed below.
Nature of Enterprise :-
The nature and the working capital requirement of an enterprise are interlinked. While a
manufacturing industry has a long cycle of operation of the working capital, the same
would be short in an enterprise involved in providing service. The amount required also
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varies as per the nature; an enterprise involved in production would required more
working capital than a service sector enterprise.
Manufacturing / Production Policy:
Each enterprise in the manufacturing sectors has its own production policy, some follow
the policy of uniform production even if the demand varies from time to time, and others
may follow the principle of demand-based production in which production is based on
the demand during that particular phase of time. Accordingly, the working capital
requirement varies for both of them.
Operation:
The requirement of working capital fluctuates for seasonal business. The working capital
needs of such businesses may increase considerably during the busy season and decrease
during the slack season. Ice creams and cold drinks have great demand during summers;
while winter the sales are negligible.
Market Condition:-
If there is high competition in the chosen product category, then one shall need to offer
sops like credit, immediate delivery of goods etc, for which the working capital
requirement will be high. Otherwise, if there is no competition or less competition in the
market then the working capital requirement will be low.
Availability of Raw material :-
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If raw material is readily then one need not maintain a large stock of the same, thereby
reducing the working capital investment in raw material stock. On the other hand, if raw
material is not readily available then a large inventory/ stock needs to be maintained,
thereby calling for substantial investment in the same.
Growth and Expansion :-
Growth and expansion in the volume of business result in enhancement of the working
capital requirement. As business grows and expands, it needs a larger amount of working
capital. Normally the need for increased working capital funds precedes growth in
business activities.
Manufacturing Cycle :-
The manufacturing cycle starts with the purchase of raw material and is completed with
the production of finished goods. If the manufacturing cycle involves a longer period, the
need for working capital would be more. At times, business needs to estimate the
requirement of working capital in advance for proper control and management. The
factor discussed above influence the quantum of working capital in the business. The
assessment of working capital requirement is made keeping these factors in view. Each
constituent of working capital retains its form for a certain period and that holding period
is determined by the factors discussed above. So for correct assessment of the working
capital cycle requirement, the duration at various stages of the working capital estimated.
Thereafter, proper value is assigned to the respective current assets, depending on its
level of completion.
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Each constituent of the working capital is valued on the basis of valuation enumerated
above for the holding period estimated. The total of all such valuation becomes the total
estimated working capital requirement. The assessment of the working capital should be
accurate even in the case of small and micro enterprise where business operation is not
very large. We know that working capital has a very close relationship with day-to-day
operation of a business. Negligence in proper assessment of the working capital,
therefore, cans affect the day-to day operation severely. It may lead to cash crisis and
ultimately to liquidation. An inaccurate assessment of the working capital may cause
either under-assessment or over assessment of the working capital and both of them are
dangerous.
CONSEQUENCES OF UNDER ASSESSMENT ON THE WORKING
CAPITAL.
Due to lack of funds, payment of salaries may become irregular.
Inadequate working capital may lead to non-payment of creditors amount in time.
It will not allow the organization to produce the demanded number of items.
Growth may by stunted. It may become difficult for the enterprise to undertake profitable
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project due to non-availability of working capital.
Implementation of operating plans may become difficult and consequently the profit
goals may be achieved.
Cash crisis may emerge due to paucity of working funds.
Optimum capacity utilisation of fixed assets may not achieved due to non availability
of the working capital.
The business may fail to honour its commitment in time, thereby adversely affecting its
credibility. This situation may lead to business closure.
The business may be compelled to buy raw material on credit and sell finished goods on
cash. In the process it may end up with increasing cost of purchase and reducing selling
by offering discounts. Both these situation would affect profitability adversely.
Non-availability of stock due to non- availability of funds may result in production
stoppage.
While underassessment of working capital has disastrous implication on business, over
assessment of working capital also has its own dangers.
CONSEQUENCES OF OVER ASSESSMENT ON WORKING CAPITAL
Idle funds which will earn no profit.
It may lead to unnecessary purchase.
It may allow the change of misuse of funds.
It reduces the overall efficiency of the organization.
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Excess of working capital may result in unnecessary accumulation of inventory. It may lead to
offer too liberal credit terms to buyers and very poor recovery system and cash management. It
may make management complacent leading to its inefficiency.
Over-investment in working capital in makes capital less productive and reduces return on
investment. Working capital is very essential for success of a business and, therefore, needs
efficient management and control. Each of the components of the working capital needs proper
management to optimise profit.
IMPACT OF INFLATION ON WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENT.
When the inflation rate is high, it will have its direct impact on the requirement of the
working capital as explained below:
1. Inflation will cause to show the turnover figure at higher level even if there is no increase
in the quantity of sales. The higher the sales means the sales means the higher level of
balance in receivables.
2. Inflation will result in increase of raw material prices and hike in payment for expenses
and as a result, increase in balance of trade creditors and creditors for expenses.
3. Increase in valuation of closing stocks result in showing higher profit but without its
realisation into cash causing the firm to pay higher tax, dividends and bonus. Thus will
lead the firm in serious problem of fund shortage and firm may unable to meet its short-
term and long term obligation.
4. Increase in investment is current assets means the increase in requirement of working
capital without corresponding increase in sales or profitability of the firm.
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Keeping in view of the above, the finance manager should be very careful about the impact of
inflation in assessment of working capital requirement and its management.
IMPACT OF DOUBLE SHIFT WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
Working capital in double shift means requirement of raw material will be doubled and
other variable expenses will also increase drastically.
With the increase in raw materials requirement and expenses, the raw material inventory
and work-in- progress will increase simultaneously the creditors for goods and creditors
for expenses balances will also increase.
Increase in production to meet the increased demand which will also increase the stock of
finished goods. The increase in sales means increase in debtors balance.
Increase in production will result in increased requirement of working capital.
The fixed expenses will increase with the working capital on double shift basis.
Zero working capital
The idea is to have zero working capital i.e. at all times the current assets shall equal the current
liabilities. Excess investment in current assets is avoided and firm meets its current liabilities out
of the matching current assets.
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As current assets ratio 1 and the quick ratio below 1, there may be apprehension about the
liquidity, but if all current assets are performing and are accounted at their realisable values,
these fears are misplaced. The firm saves opportunity cost on excess investment current assets
and as bank cash credit limits are linked to the inventory levels, interest costs are also saved.
There would be self-imposed financial discipline on the firm to manage their activities within
their current liabilities and current assets and there may not be tendency to over borrow or divert
funds.
Adequate Working Capital
Working capital is the lifeblood of the organization. Without working capital, the functioning of
an organization will come to a halt. No business can run successfully without adequate amount
of working capital. The main advantages of adequate working capital are as follows:-
Solvency of the business
Adequate working capital helps in smooth running of the business. The generates revenue and
maintains the solvency of the organization.
Goodwill
Sufficient working capital helps to makes prompt payments to the creditors, which maintain the
goodwill of the organization.
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Easy Loan
Organizations having adequate working capital are viewed by the banks as good candidates to
offer the loan facilities.
Cash Discounts
Companies can make use of the discount facilities that come along with the repayment of the
credit.
Regular supply of Raw Material
Adequate working capital helps to make regular payment to the supplier.
Regular payment of Salaries
It helps to make regular payments of salaries to the employees, thereby keeping their moral high.
Working Capital Leverage
One of the important objectives of the working capital management is by maintaining the
optimum levels of the investment in current assets and reducing the level of current liabilities,
the company can minimise the investment in working capital thereby improvement in Return on
Capital employedis achieved. The term working capital leverage refers to the impact of level of
working capital on companys profitability. The working capital management should improve
the productivity of investment in current assets and ultimately it will increase the return on
capital employed. Higher levels of investment in current assets than is actually required mean
increase in the cost of interest charges on the short-term loans and working capital finance raised
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from banks etc, and will result in lower return on capital employed and vice versa. Working
capital leverage measures the responsiveness ofROCE for charges in current assets. It is
measured by applying the following formula.
Working Capital leverage = C. A
T.A C.A
Where,
C.A = Current assets
T.A = Total assets (i.e., Net fixed assets + Current assets)
C.A = Change in Current assets
Approaches to working Capital Finance
Every organization requires financing its working capital requirement. Generally, there are two
source of finance. One is long- term source and the other is short-term source. Long term is
considered less risky as the period is high and the amount repayment period is high and the
amount of interest is low. The short-term sources are considered risky as they have to be
repaying within a very short period and the interest rate is very high.
1. Conservative working capital Approach
A conservative approach suggests carrying high levels of current assets in relation to
sales. Surplus current assets enable the firm to absorb sudden variations in sales,
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production plans and procurement time without disrupting production plans.
Additionally, the higher liquidity levels reduce the risk of insolvency. But lower risk
translates into lower return. Larger investment in current assets leads to higher interest
and carrying costs and encouragement for inefficient. But conservative policy will enable
the firm to absorb day to day business risk. Under this approach long term financings
covers more than the total requirement for working capital. The excess cash is invested in
short term marketable securities and in need, theses securities are sold off in the market
to meet the urgent requirement of working capital.
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Secular Growth
Rs.
Long-Term
Financing
Seasonal
Variations Investment Marketable securities
Time
2. Aggressive working capital Approach
Under the approach current assets are maintained just to meet the current liabilities
without keeping any cushion for the variation in working capital needs. The core
working capitals financed by long-term sources of capital and seasonal variations are met
through short-term borrowings. Adoption of this strategy will minimise the investment in
net working capital and ultimately it lower the cost of financing working capital. The
main drawback of this approach is that it necessitates frequent financing and also
increase risk as the vulnerable to sudden shocks.
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Rs.
Seasonal
Variation Short term
Financing
Secular growth Long- term
Financing
Time
3. Matching working Capital approach
Under this approaches, manager undertake only the required amount of risk. The fixed
portion of working capital is financed from long-tem sources. Here the source of
financing is matched with the components of working capital.
Financing working capital
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Now let us understand the means to finance the working capital. Working capital or current
assets are those assets, which unlike fixed assets change their form rapidly. Due to this nature,
they need to be finance through short-term funds is also called current liabilities. The following
are the also called current liabilities. The following are the major sources of raising short-term
funds.
1. Suppliers Credit
At times, business gets raw material on credit from the suppliers. The cost of raw material is
paid after some time, i.e. upon completion of the credit period. Thus without having an outflow
of cash the business is in position to use raw material and continue the activities. The credit
given by the suppliers of raw material is for a short period and is considered current liabilities.
These funds should be used for creating current assets like stock of raw material, work inprocess, finished goods, etc.
A. Bank Loan
This is a major source for raising short-term funds. Banks extend loans to business to help
them create necessary current assets so as to achieve the required business level. The loans are
available for creating the following current assets.
Stock of raw materials
Stock of work in process
Stock of finished goods
Debtors.
Banks give short-term loans against these assets, keeping some security margin. The advances
given by banks against current assets are short term in nature and banks have the right to ask for
immediate repayment if they consider doing so. Thus, bank loans for creation of current assets
are also current liabilities.
B. Promoters Fund
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It is advisable to finance a portion of current assets from the promoters funds. They are long
term funds and therefore do not require immediate repayment. These funds increase the liquidity
of the business.
Committee Recommendation for working capital finance.
1. Tandon committee recommendation
The committee has three method of working out the maximum amount that a unit may
expect from the bank. The extent of bank finance will be more in the first method, less in
the second method and least in the third method.
First Method:-
Total Current assets : - *****
(-) Current Liabilities : - *****
(Other than long-term
Borrowing)
25% of above from
Long-term sources : - ******
Balance MPBF : - *****
MPBF: - Maximum Permissible Bank Finance
Second Method
Total Current assets : - *****
(-) 25% of above from
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Long-term sources : - ******
(-) Current Liabilities : - *****
(Other than long-term
Borrowing)
Balance MPBF : - *****
Third Method
Total Current assets : - *****
(-) Core Current assets : - *****
From long-term source
Real current assets
(-) 25% of above from
Long-term sources : - ******
(-) Current Liabilities : - *****
(Other than long-term
Borrowing)
Balance MPBF : - *****
*MPBF Maximum Bank Finance
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2. Chore Committee recommendation.
3. Vaz Committee recommendation.
4. Nayak Committee recommendation:-
To give preference to village industries, tiny industries and other small scale units .
For the credit requirement of village industries ,tiny industries and other SSI units up to
aggregate funds based working capital credit limits up to Rs. 50 lacs from banking
system, the norms for inventory and receivable as also the method of lending as per
Tandon Committee will not apply . instead ,for such units the working capital limit will
be computed at 20% of their projected annual turnover (for both new as well as existing
units) .These SSI units will be required to bring in 5% of their annual turnover as
margin money. In other words 25% of the output value should be computed as working
capital requirement ,of which at least 4/5th should be provide by banking sectors, the
remaining 1/5th representing borrowers contribution towards margin money for the
working capital.
Method for estimating working capital requirement.
There are three methods for estimating the working capital requirement of a firm:
1.Percentage of Sales Method :-
It is traditional and simple method of determining the level of working capital and its
components. In the method, working capital is determined on the basis of past experience. If ,
over the years, the relationship between sales and working capital is found to be stable ,then this
relationship may be taken as a base for determining the working capital.
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2.Regression analysis method :-
it is a useful statistical technique applied for forecasting working capital requirements. It helps in
making working capital requirement projection after establishing the average relationship
between sales and working capital and its various components in the past years. The method of
least square is used in this regard.
3.Operating cycle method:-
The following methods are used in operating cycle approach:
Total operating cycle Duration Approach
Working capital requirement is estimated using the following formula
Estimated cost of goods sold x Operating Cycle + desired cash
365 balance
Estimated working capital
Estimated cost of goods sold x Operating Cycle + desired cash
360 balance
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Individual component approach
Detailed estimation is made using the individual component of the operating cycle.
Inventory Management
Introduction:
Inventory includes all types of stocks. For effective working capital management, inventory
needs to be managed effectively. The level of inventory should be such that the total cost of
ordering and holding cost inventory is the least. Simultaneously, stock out costs should also be
minimised. Business, therefore, should fix the minimum safety stock level, re-order level and
ordering quantity so that the inventory cost is reduced and its management becomes efficient.
Every organisation required to maintain inventory for smooth running of its activities. The
investment in inventories constitutes the major proportion of the current assets. Therefore, it is
essential to have proper control and management of inventories. The purpose of inventory
management is to insure availability of material in right quality, in right time and at right
place.
Purpose of Following Inventory
i. Transaction Motive:-
In order to have smooth and continuous operation, the organizations maintain inventory.
ii. Precautionary Motive :-
In order to satisfy the fluctuating demands and supply as well as some emergency like
strikes, etc., inventory is maintained.
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iii.Speculative Motive :-
In order to take advantage of the price changes, organizations sometimes maintain
inventory to make profit.
Objective of Inventory Management:
In the context of inventory management, the firm can face the problem of meeting two
conflicting needs:
To maintain a large size of inventories of raw material and work-in-progress for efficient
and smooth production and of finished goods for uninterrupted sales operation.
To maintain a minimum investment in inventory to maximize profitability.
Both excessive and inadequate inventories are not desirable. These are two danger points,
which the firm should avoid. The objective of inventory management should be to determine
and maintain optimum level of inventory investment. The optimum level of inventory will lie
between the two danger points of excessive and inadequate inventories.
The firm should always avoid a situation of over investment and under investment in
inventories. The major dangers of over investment are:
Unnecessary tie up of the firms funds
Excessive carrying cost
Risk of liquidity
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The excessive level of inventories consumes funds of the firm, which cannot be use for any other
purpose, and thus, it involves an insurance, recording and inspection increase in proportion to
the volume of inventory. These costs will impair the firms profitability further. Excessive
inventories carried for long period increase chances of loss of liquidity. It may not be possible to
sell inventories in time and full value. Raw materials are generally difficult to sell as the holding
period increases. There are exceptional circumstances where it may pay to the company to hold
stock of raw materials. This is possible under the conditions of inflation and scarcity. Another
danger of carrying inventory is the physical deterioration of inventories in storage.
An effective inventory management should in case of certain goods of raw material,
deterioration occurs with the passage of time, or it may be due to mishandling and improper
shortage facilities.
Maintaining an inadequate level of inventories is also dangerous. The consequences of under-
investment in inventories are:
a. Production hold-ups, and
b. Failure to meet delivery commitments.
Inadequate raw material and work-in-progress inventories will result in frequent production
interruption; similarly, if finished goods are not sufficient to meet the demand of customer
regularly, they may shift to competitors, which will amount to a permanent loss to the firm. The
aim of inventory management, thus, should be to avoid excessive and inadequate levels of
inventories and to maintain sufficient inventory for the smooth and sales operation effort should.
Ensure a continuous supply of raw material to facilitate uninterrupted production.
Maintain sufficient stock of raw material in period of short supply and anticipate price
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changes.
Maintain sufficient finished goods inventory for smooth sales operation and efficient
customer service.
Control investment in inventories and keep it at an optimum level.
Inventory Management Techniques:
Economic Order Quantity-
EOQ = (2AB) 2
(CS) 2
Where,
EOQ = Economic Order Quantity.
A = Annual Consumption
B = Buying cost per order
C = Cost per unit
S = Storage and other inventory carrying cost
Fixation of Inventory Levels-
The following levels of inventory are fixed for efficient management of inventory:
Re-Order Level : - Re-order level is the level of the stock availability when a new
order should be raised.
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Re-Order level = Maximum usage X Maximum lead time
Minimum Stock Level: - Minimum stock level is the lower limit which the stock
of any stock items should not normally be allowed to fall. Their level is also
calledsafety stock or buffer stock level
Minimum stock Level = Re-order level (Average or Normal Usage X average
lead time)
Maximum Stock Level: - Maximum stock levels represent the upper limit
beyond which the quantity of any item is not normally allowed to rise.
Maximum level = Re-order level + EOQ (Minimum usage X Minimum lead
time)
Danger level: - Danger level of stock is fixed below the minimum stock level and
if stock reaches below this level.
Danger Level = Average consumption X Lead time emergency Period.
VED Analysis ( Vital, Essential, & Desirable)
FNSD Analysis ( Fast moving items, Normal moving items, Slow moving items & Dead
stock)
Pareto Analysis ( 80 : 20 Rule)
ABC Analysis
Two Bin system
Perpetual Inventory system
Continuous stock taking
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Periodic stock taking system
Input-Output Ratio
Stock Turnover Ratio
Receivables Management
Given a choice, every business would prefer selling its produce on cash basis. However due to
factors like trade policies, prevailing marketing conditions etc., businesses are compelled to sell
their goods on credit. In certain circumstances, business may deliberately extend credit as a
strategy of increasing sales. Extending credit means creating current assets in the form of
Debtors or Accounts Receivable. Investment in this type of current assets needs proper and
effective management as it to cost such as:
a. Carrying cost
This cost includes the interest on capital blocked in the debtors balance the
administration costs associated with the credit decision making and controlling of debtors
balances, cost of keeping the records of credit sales and payment ,cost of collection of
payments from customers , opportunity cost of cost of capital that can be employed
elsewhere than in debtors balances.
b. Default risk:-
There are also costs associated with the risk of default a certain portion of debtors will
never pay, and will become Bad debtswhich has to be written off of the profits of the
firm.
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Thus the objective of any management policy pertaining to account receivable would be
ensure that the benefit arising due to the receivables are more than the cost incurred for
receivable and the gap between benefit and cost increases profit. An effective control of
receivables helps a great deal in properly managing it. Each business should, therefore
,try to find out average credit extended to its client using the below given formula.
Average credit = Total amount of receivables
Extended (in days) Average credit sales per day
Each business should project expected sales and expected investment in receivables based on
various factors, which influence the working capital requirement. Form this it would be
possible to find out the average credit days using the above given formula. A business should
continuously try to monitor the credit days and see that the average credit offered to clients is
not crossing the budgeted period. Otherwise, the requirement of investment in the working
capital would increase and, as a result, activities may get squeezed. This may lead to cash
crisis.
Cash discount
Cash discounts are offered by the seller to the customer to encourage early payment. This is to
encourage payment before the end of the credit period cash discounts are cost to the seller
and benefit to the buyer.
Credit Rating Customer
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For credit rating customer the following information will be collected and processed,
depending upon which the individual limits and the term will be fixed to each individual credit
limits and the terms will be fixed each individual customer.
The experience of sales force
Financial statement of the customer
Bank checking
Companys own experience
Statistical data available with credit rating agencies.
The credit manager should check the following five Cs
Character- relates to the customers willingness to pay
Capacity- The customer should have ability to pay his dues.
Capital- The customer should have sufficient funds to pay the dues.
Collateral- The security available with the customer in paying the debt.
Condition- The economic position of the customer.
Credit Policy
A firm establish its own credit policy for proper management of debtors, otherwise it will lead
more outstanding balance in debtors account and the risk of bad debts will also arise.
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Receivable collection policy
Sometimes a customer fails to pay on the due date. The following procedure will help in
efficient collection of overdue debtors.
A reminder
A personal letter
Several telephone calls
Personal visit of salesman
A telegram
A visit from salesman responsible to customer
A reminder to the sales person that commission is based on cash received not
invoice sales.
Restriction of credit.
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Use of collection agencies.
Legal action : as a resort
Process of Receivables Management
The Following process will help in efficient management of the receivable.
Take the opinion of the sales force and internal staff
Frame the credit terms for the customer if credit is sanctioned.
Established the initial creditworthiness.
Check the credit before the despatch of consignment.
Close monitoring of the credit terms and customer compliance.
Develop the report for internal appraisal of the customer.
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Cash Management
Cash represent the liquid form of assets in an organization. A business should also maintain
adequate amount of cash to met its obligation . any shortage of cash will leads to disruption
of operation. If excess cash is maintained then it does not earn any profit for the organisation
. so maintaining adequate amount of cash , cash management is an important function of the
organization. Cash is required to meet the business obligation and it is unproductive when it
is not used.
The following are the various aspects of cash management:
a) Cash inflow and outflow
b) Cash flow within the firm
c) Cash balance held by the firm
Following are the tools used by the organization:
a) Cash Planning
it is the technique to plan and control the use of cash. A projected cash flow statement is
prepared showing the future payment and receipts of cash
b) Cash forecast and budgeting:
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Cash budget is the most important tool in the hands of an organization to manage cash. It
can be prepared on a daily basis, weekly basis or monthly basis. A cash budget typically
shows the receipt of cash and the payment of cash during a future period. At the end,
cash budget shows the cash balance for the period. Either it can be deficit or surplus cash
balance.
Cash is the liquid current assets. It is of vital importance to the daily operation of
business. While the proportion of assets helps in the form of cash is very small, its
efficient management is crucial to the solvency of the business. Therefore, planing cash
and controlling its use are very important tasks. Cash budgeting is a useful device for this
purpose.
Effects of cash Deficits
The cash balance shortage can result in the making of sub-optimal investment decision and sub-
optimal financing decisions:
Sub optimal investment decision :
These decision would includes the disposal of profitable lines of division, inability profitable
investment project , failure to maintain an adequate level of working capital.
Sub optimal financing decision:
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These decisions would include the taking out of very expensive loans and being granted
overdraft facilities subject to restrictive convents which could include personal
guarantees from directors, restrictions on investment, and restriction on additional
finance.
Cash Budget
Cash budget incorporates estimate of future inflow and outflows of cash over a projected short
period, which may usually be a year, a half or a quarter year. Effective cash management is
facilitated if the cash budget is further broken down into month, week or even on daily basis.
There are two component of cash budget:
(1) Cash Inflows and
(2) Cash outflows
The main sources for these flows are given hereunder:
Cash inflow:
(a) Cash sales
(b) Cash received from debtors
(c) Cash received from loans, deposit ,etc.
(d) Cash receipt of the revenue income
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(e) Cash received from sale of investment or assets.
Cash Outflows:
(a) Cash purchase
(b) Cash payment to creditors
(c) Cash payment for other revenue expenditure
(d) Cash payment for assets creation
(e) Cash payment for withdrawals, taxes
(f) Repayment of loan, etc.
In preparation of cash flow budgets the following points are considered :
Credit period allowed to debtors
Credit period allowed by creditors to the company for good and services.
Payments of dividends, taxation and capital expenditure etc., and the month when
cash payments are expected to be made.
Non- consideration of transaction which have no impact on cash flow e.g
Deprecation.
The bank overdraft limits allowed.
Dealing with the surplus cash e.gputting in marketable securities.
Dealing with the cash deficit.
Trends of sales.
Period of debt payment.
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Raising long-term funds during the course of cash budget etc.
Method of cash flow budgeting
Cash flow budget is a detailed budget of income and cash expenditure incorporating both
revenue and capital items. The cash flow budget can be prepared in the following ways :
1. Receipts and payment method :
In this method all the expected receipt and payment for budget period are considered . all
the cash inflow and out flow of all functional budget including capital expenditure budget
are considered . accruals and adjustments in account will not affect the cash budget.
2. Adjusted Income Method:
In the method the annual cash flow are calculated by adjusted the sales revenues and cost
figures for delays in receipts and payment and eliminating non-cash items such as
deprecation.
3. Adjusted Balance sheet method:
in this method, the budgeted balance sheet is predicted by expressing each type of asset
and short-term liabilities as percentage of the expected sales.
Cash Management Models
The following method are useful in management of cash.
Baumols Model:-
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Baumols (1952) suggested that cash may be managed in the same way as any other
inventory and that the inventory model reasonably reflect the cost- volume relationship
as well as the cash flows.
In the model, the carrying cost of holding cash-namely the interest forgone on marketable
securities is balance against the fixed cost of transferring marketable securities to each, or
vice-versa. The Banmols model find a correct balance by combining holding cost and
transaction cost so as to minimise the total cost of holding cash. Baumols model assumes
that the rate of cash usage is constant and known with certainty. The optimal level of C is
found to be :
C = (2BT)2
(I)2
Where,
C = optimal transaction size
B = fixed cost per transaction
T = Estimed cash payment during the period
I = interest on marketable securities p.a
Limitation
This model can be applied only when the payment position can be reasonably
Degree of uncertainty is high in predicting the cash flow transaction
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The model merely suggest only the optimal balance under a set of assumption.
Miller-Orr Model:
The Miller Orr-model (1966) specifies the following two control limit.
H - Upper control Limit
O - Lower control Limit
Z - The return point for cash balance.
ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
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TYPES OF RATIO:-
There are a number of types of ratio of interest to the various stakeholders of a business. The
main classification of ratio is as follows:
Profitability Ratios:
Measure the relationship between gross/net profit and sales, assets and capital employed. These
are sometimes referred as performance ratios.
Activity Ratio:-
These measure how efficiently an organization uses its resources. These are sometimes referred
as assets utilization ratios.
Liquidity Ratio:
These measure the short-term and long term financial stability of the firm by examining the
relationship between assets and liabilities. These are sometime called as solvency ratios.
Investment Ratios:
This group of ratio is concerned with analysing the return for shareholder. These examine the
relationship between the member of share issued, dividend paid , value of the shares, and
company profits. For obvious reasons these are quite often categorized as shareholder ratios.
Gearing :
Examines the relationship between internal sources and external sources of finance. It is
therefore concerned with the long-term financial position of the company.
Profitability Ratios:
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A company should earn profits to survive and grow over a long period of time. Profits are
essential but it would be wrong to assume that every action initiated by management of a
company should be aimed at maximizing profits, irrespective of social consequences.
Profit is the difference between revenues and expenses over a period of time. Profit is the
ultimate output of a company and it will have no future if it fails to make sufficient profits.
Therefore, the financial manager should continuously evaluate the efficiency of the company in
terms of profits. The profitability ratios are calculated to measure the operating efficiency of the
company.
Generally, there are two types of profitability ratios
1. Profitability in relation to sales
2. Profitability in relation to investment
o Net profit ratio
o Operating profit ratio
o Return on Investment
NET PROFIT RATIO:
Net profit is obtained when operating expenses, interest and taxes are subtracted from the gross
profit. The net profit margin is measured by dividing profit after tax or net profit by sales.
NET PROFIT RATIO= NET PROFIT
SALES/INCOME FROM SERVICES
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Year Net Profit After Tax Income From Services Ratio
2010-2011 18,259,580 55,550,649 0.33
2011-2012 40,586,359 96,654,902 0.42
Interpretation:
The net profit ratio is the overall measure of the firms ability to turn each rupee of income
from services in net profit. If the net margin is inadequate the firm will fail to achieve return on
shareholders funds. High net profit ratio will help the firm service in the fall of income from
services, rise in cost of production or declining demand. The net profit is increased because the
income from services is increased. The increment resulted a slight increase in 2011 ratio
compared with the year 2012.
OPERATING PROFIT RATIO:
OPERATING EXPENSE RATIO= OPERATING PROFIT
SALES/INCOME FROM SERVICES.
Year Operating Profit Income From Services Ratio
2010-2011 31,586,718 55,550,649 0.572011-2012 67,192,677 96,654,902 0.70
Interpretation:
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The operating profit ratio is used to measure the relationship between net profits and sales of a
firm. Depending on the concept, it will decide. The operating profit ratio is increased compared
with the last year. The earnings are increased due to the increase in the income from services
because of Operations & Maintenance fee. So, the ratio is increased slightly compared with the
previous year
RETURN ON INVESTMENT:
It is an index of profitability of business and is obtained by comparing net profit with capital
employed. The ratio is normally expressed in the percentage. The term capital employed
includes share capital, reserves and surplus, long term loans such a debentures.
ROI = PAT / SHARE HOLDERS FUND
Year Profit After Tax Share Holders Fund Ratio
2010-2011 18,259,580 56,473,652 0.32
2011-2012 40,586,359 97,060,013 0.42
Interpretation:
This is the ratio between net profits and shareholders funds. The ratio is generally calculated as
percentage multiplying with 100.
The net profit is increased due to the increase in the income from services
ant the shareholders funds are increased because of reserve & surplus. So, the ratio is increased
in the current year
ACTIVITY RATIOS:
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Funds of creditors and owners are invested in various assets to generate sales and profits. The
better the management of assets, the larger is an amount of sales. Activity ratios are employed
to evaluate the efficiency with which the firm manages and utilizes its assets these ratios are also
called turnover ratios because they indicate the speed with which assets are being converted or
turned over into sales. Activity ratios, thus, involve a relationship between sales and assets. A
proper balance between sales and assets generally reflects that assets are managed well.
Fixed assets turnover ratio
Capital turnover ratio
Working Capital turnover ratio
FIXED ASSETS TURNOVER RATIO:
NET ASSETS TURNOVER RATIO= SALES/ INCOME FROM SERVICES
NET FIXED ASSETS
Year Income From