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• Cover
• Contents
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• CHAPTER 1: Concepts in Working Capital Management
• Working Capital Concepts
• Ratio Analysis
• Working Capital Ratios
• Significance of Working Capital
• Applying These Ideas to a Real Business
• Summary
• PART I: CASH—TRANSACTIONS, BANKING AND CREDIT, AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
• Comprehensive Case: Widget Manufacturing Case I
• CHAPTER 2: Cash: Management and Fraud Prevention
• Forms of Cash
• Lockboxing
• Controlled Disbursement
• Bank Products Used for Electronic Transactions
• Summary
• CHAPTER 3: Cash, Credit, and Short-Term Financial Instruments
• Developing a Short-Term Forecast
• Preparing a Cash Budget
• Credit Financing
• Short-Term Investments
• Summary
• CHAPTER 4: Concentration Banking and Financial Institution Relationships
• Changing Financial Landscape
• Bank Relationship Management
• Concentration Banking
• Request-for-Proposals
• RFP Evaluation
• Bank Relationship Reviews
• Summary
• PART II: OTHER WORKING CAPITAL ACCOUNTS— RECEIVABLES, INVENTORY, AND PAYABLES
• Comprehensive Case: Widget Manufacturing Case II
• CHAPTER 5: Accounts Receivable and Working Capital Issues
• Elements of Receivables Management
• Receivables Cycle Monitoring: Ratios
• Receivables Cycle Monitoring: The Aging Schedule
• Sales Financing
• Credit Reporting
• Terms of Sale
• Invoice Generation
• Asset-Based Financing: Receivables Debt Collection Agencies Summary
• CHAPTER 6: Inventory and Working Capital Issues
• Elements of Inventory Management
• Inventory Cycle Monitoring: Ratios
• Inventory Cycle Monitoring: Metrics
• Purchasing
• EOQ and JIT
• Work-in-Process
• Asset-Based Financing: Inventory
• Summary
• CHAPTER 7: Payables and Working Capital Issues
• Elements of Payables Management
• Payables Cycle Monitoring: Ratios
• Accounts Payable Function
• Payables Using Internal Processes
• Payables Outsourcing
• Payroll Alternatives
• Summary
• PART III: ISSUES IN WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
• Comprehensive Case: Widget Manufacturing Case III
• CHAPTER 8: International Working Capital
• Capitalism Goes Global
• Elements of International Working Capital
• Financing of International Transactions
• Foreign Exchange Markets
• Analysis of Country Risk
• Other Significant Issues in International Working Capital
• Cultural and Corporate Practices Affecting Working Capital
• Summary
• CHAPTER 9: Information and Working Capital
• Information Technology
• Bank Information Technology
• Internet Bank Technology
• Enterprise Resource Planning: An Alternative Approach
• Choosing Working Capital Information Systems
• Summary
• CHAPTER 10: Managing the Working Capital Cycle
• Risk and Working Capital
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Efficiency and Working Capital
• Liquidity and Working Capital
• Suggested Actions
• Developments in Working Capital Management
• The Cost of a Transaction
• Summary
• APPENDIX A: Suggested Solutions to Widget Manufacturing Company Case—Parts I, II, and III
• APPENDIX B: Basic Financial Concepts
• APPENDIX C: Web Sites of Working Capital Market Participants
• APPENDIX D: Glossary
• About the Author
• Index