Foundations of Working Capital Management
1h 46mIntermediate2022-02-17
Authors

Jim Stice
Professor of Accounting at BYU

Kay Stice
Professor of Accounting at the BYU Marriott School of Management
Course details
If you’re in any way involved with decision-making on the financial operations of a business, then you probably already know that working capital is a complex piece of the company puzzle. It can be tough to keep account of everything, though, on top of your day-to-day liabilities. What’s more, working capital requires proper management of both your tangible and intangible assets. In this course, accounting professors Jim and Kay Stice walk you through the various aspects of working capital in a merchandising business.
Learn about the most important moving parts in the operating cycle of your business: cash, accounts receivable, inventory, and accounts payable. Get pointers on how to manage your liabilities by using the company balance sheet. Jim and Kay give you the tools you need to track your financials more effectively, showing you how to create organized, well-documented internal operating procedures to ensure the proper management of working capital.
Learn about the most important moving parts in the operating cycle of your business: cash, accounts receivable, inventory, and accounts payable. Get pointers on how to manage your liabilities by using the company balance sheet. Jim and Kay give you the tools you need to track your financials more effectively, showing you how to create organized, well-documented internal operating procedures to ensure the proper management of working capital.
Skills covered
Corporate FinanceFinance and AccountingFoundations
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Working capital management
1. The Operating Cycle
- 02 - Merchandising business
- 03 - Manufacturing business
- 04 - Service business
2. Cash Management
- 05 - The budgeting behind cash management
- 06 - Sales and cash collection forecast
- 07 - Expense and cash payment forecast
- 08 - Identifying and solving cash problems in advance
3. Managing Receivables
- 09 - Why do companies sell on credit
- 10 - Credit sales bookkeeping, bad debts, and financing costs
- 11 - Case study - Should you sell on credit
- 12 - Average collection period
4. Managing Inventory
- 13 - Why do companies have any inventory
- 14 - Just-in-time inventory (JIT)
- 15 - Economic order quantity (EOQ) and safety stock
- 16 - Number of days of sales in inventory
5. Managing Accounts Payable
- 17 - Case study - Walmart's supplier credit
- 18 - The savings from using supplier credit
- 19 - The cost of using supplier credit
- 20 - Number of days of purchases in accounts payable
6. Computing the Length of the Operating Cycle
- 21 - Case study - Nike, Walmart, and McDonald s
- 22 - Evaluate trends in the length of a company s operating cycle
- 23 - The need for outside financing of working capital
- 24 - Obtaining short-term bank financing
Conclusion
- 25 - The importance of internal controls
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