WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Working Capital Management: Theories and approaches, concept of working capital ;importance of working capital, factors influencing Planning of working capital investment: introduction, need, determinants, computation of working capital.
Financing and control of working capital-introduction, sources of finance including accruals, trade credit, Working Capital advance by commercial banks, regulation of bank finance, public deposits, ICDs, short term loans from FIs, right debentures for Working Capital, commercial papers and factoring. Working Capital & banking policy (Tandon, Chore, Marathe committee reports.)
Inventory management: scope, Type of control required, cost of holding inventories, inventory control models and responsibility, Control devices, Inventory Management & Evaluation.
Receivable management: Objectives, benefits, cost, credit policies, Evaluation of the credit applicant, credit terms, collections from accounts receivable.
Cash Management: Scope, motives for holding cash, factors determining the cash balance, Cash system; Cash flow; Types of collection systems, Cash concentration strategies,; disbursement tools, investment in marketable securities; types of marketable securities, Forecasting for Cash flows: methods of financial forecasting, Sources of uncertainly in cash forecasting, hedging cash balance uncertainties, hedging via interest rate, futures & options on futures