Working Capital and Cash Flow Management

This document discusses the concept of working capital and its impact on cash flow. It explains the difference between profit and cash flow and defines terms like working capital, account receivables, inventory, and payables. The document also analyzes the effect of changing working capital on cash flow and explores the effect of working capital on Mediterranean Delights Ltd. Additionally, it discusses different budgeting methods and their impact on Second Sight plc, and provides recommendations for effective cash flow management.

Business finance and accounting

Table of Contents
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
EXICUTIVE SUMMERY...............................................................................................................1
1) a) Explanation of profit and cash flow and their differences..................................................1
b)Explanation of the terms working capital, account receivables, inventory and payables.......2
C) Effect of changing working capital on cash flow..................................................................2
2)Effect of working capital on Mediterranean Delights Ltd.......................................................3
3)Analysis and recommendation for effective cash flow management......................................3
PART2.............................................................................................................................................4
EXICUTIVE SUMMERY...............................................................................................................4
1)Meaning of budget and advantages and disadvantages of various budgetary approaches.....4
2)Effect of budgeting methods on Second sight plc...................................................................6
3)Analysing whether traditional or modern budgetary system is
appropriate for all or any parts of the business for future projects............................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

PART 1
EXICUTIVE SUMMERY
Working capital is net value of current assets available in business organization. The term
is used by organization to identify their liquidity status available to fulfil short term liabilities of
business organization. In this report concept of working capital and their related terms has been
defined and effect of changes in working capital on running organization has been analysis.
1) a) Explanation of profit and cash flow and their differences
Profit: Financial benefits generated from operating activities is known as profit. In other
words profit is the excess of income over expenditures incurred at fixed period of time. It can be
calculated by preparing profit statement and through using difference managerial accounting
tools like marginal costing or standard costings. Profit is an essential term for any organization
whether it is financial or non financial . Profit helps in maintain sustainability in market place.
Business organization uses profit to identify how much gain business earn from their business
activities (Al-Sartawi and Sanad, 2019).
Cash flow: It is the net value generated from cash inflow and cash out flow activities.
Cash flow is the summery of cash and cash equivalent transactions of an organization at fixed
period of time. It only considered those activities which effect liquidity status of running
business organization.
Many business organization considers cash flow and profit as smilier term but there will be
difference which are mention below:
Particular Profit Cash flow
Definition Financial gain earned by
organizations through their
business activities.
Sum up value of cash inflow
and cash outflow activities.
Purpose Main purpose of calculation of
profit is to identify growth rate
of company.
To analysis liquidity status of
an organization to pay their
day to day business
transactions.
Calculation Profit is difference of selling Cash flow is net value of cash

amount and cost of production
It can be calculated by
preparing profit statement.
inflow and outflow activities.
Managers prepared cash flow
statement for calculating net
amount.
b)Explanation of the terms working capital, account receivables, inventory and payables
Working capital: It is financial metric which represents money available for daily
business transaction within an organization. It is essential part of an entity, managers uses
working capital term to analysis financial position of their organizational market place. It
determined operation efficiency of business. Working capital is the sum up of current assets of
company. Manager uses net working capital which ca be calculate by identifying difference
between current assets and current liabilities (Bassemir and Novotny‐Farkas, 2018).
Account receivables: Net amount claim by company on their customers for utilizing
their products and services. It is considered as assets of business entity and shown in current
assets side of balance sheet.
Inventory: It is most essential part of working capital. This term is defines as net value
of raw materials and essential equipment used by business organization for producing and
supplying their product to customers.
Payable: This term defines as amount claim by creditors to company for trading their
products to run business organization. Account payable generates liabilities on company thus it
will be shown in current liability side in balance sheet.
C) Effect of changing working capital on cash flow
Working capital and cash flow both are essential terms for organization to run their
business organization effectively. Managers uses working capital ratio to identity their liquidity
rate. Cash flow considered only cash and cash equivalent activities Increment in current liability
increase cash inflows and increment in current assets value generated cash outflow actives. This
defines that when ratio of working capital increase then it will adversely effect on cash flows as
cash outflow activities generated . On the other side decrement in working capital, positevly
affect cash slow as it help in generating cash inflow activities.

2)Effect of working capital on Mediterranean Delights Ltd
Mediterranean Delights Ltd is situated in England. The company had supply chain of
restaurant at different places all over England which help in provides their products and services
to their customers. Effect of working capital and their related terms are mention below:
1. Profit: Mediterranean Delights Ltd earn 50 million pound in preceding financial year.
Due to lack of knowledge available related to interest amount and liability of tax it has
been assumed that 250 million is their net amount of value.
2. Receivables: Due to dispute arises with San Pedro, ration of receivables increase which
adversely effect on working capital cycle as it will be chances company lost their
potential customers.
3. Payable: Due to lack of managerial policies company unable to found suppliers with
whom they trade on benefits . Ratio of payables is increase which means company take
long time to pay their debt. In case of MDL conflicts arises them with Maltese
agricultural group, Valletta Ltd as they provides them low quality of material.
4. Ash flow: This term considered only cash and cash equivalent activities. In the last year
cash inflow activities generated by selling their products. Company invest with Italian
company and pay amount to them it will generated outflows. Company also has turnover
of 50 million in last year (Cockcroft and Russell, 201Hasibuan and Syahrial, 2019).
5. Working capital: The term refers to net amount of current assets after deducting current
liabilities. Working capital of Maltese agricultural group, Valletta Ltd will be adversely
affect on their business activities due to disputes and effective management policies
Companies working capital status is shown negative result but due to strong financial
position company van bear their day to day operation activities transaction easily.
3)Analysis and recommendation for effective cash flow management
Mediterranean Delights Ltd is run their business from past 30 years. The company earn
excellent profit in past year but due to lack of effective policy of management, company suffers
from many problem. Mediterranean Delights Ltd have conflict with their potential customers and
their supplier also sue on them regarding non payment of purchasing raw material. All the things
will adversely effect on their cash flow activities. It will decrease their growth rate. To overcome
this problems manager needs to formulate effective working capital management policies

through which they can easily bear debt liabilities of their operational activities. For this purpose
they need to make effective debtor policy which help in attracting customers and influencing
them to pay their liability in short time period. It will help in generating cash inflow activities.
They need to solve dispute problem with their creditors so that they cannot bear penalty amount .
Mediterranean Delights Ltd needs to use effective environment scanning tool which help in
identifying potential supplier which provides them high quality of raw materiel at discount rate.
They also need to change their cash management policies. They need to focus on activites by
which they generated more profit ( AugustKim, Li, and Liu, Z2018).
PART2
EXICUTIVE SUMMERY
Budget is detailed plan of a business organizations which covered all the part of business
activities. Managers prepared budgets to identify future income. It play important role in
business finance. In this report concept of budgeting methods has been analysis and how
effectively traditional and modern methods of preparation of budget effete on business decision
process is defined specifically It will help in understanding how management take decision
related to preparation of making budget.
1)Meaning of budget and advantages and disadvantages of various budgetary approaches
Budget: It is a numerical statement which is used for identifying future income and
expenditure of an running business entity. In other words, Budget is predetermined statement of
expected future earning and payments. It is technique of managerial accounting. Every
organization. prepare budget it is essential part of managerial process. Managers prepared budget
for performance evaluation of their employees. Business organisation prepared budget for taking
best decision which help in achieving goals with optimum utilization of resources. Process of
preparation of budget statement is known as budgeting. Following are the methods managers
used for preparation of budget.
Traditional budgeting method: In this method budgets are prepared by considering past
year data. Managers prepared future budget with the uses of previous years performance data of
company.
Advantages:

 It is cost effective technique of budgeting as organizations need not to incurred expense
on research and hiring expert for preparation of budget.
 Preparation of budget with this method is very easy to understand statement of budget
Disadvantage:
 It does not provides accurate and reliable data as budgets is prepared by considering last
past years data.
 Employees does not feel motivated because budgets are prepared by top level of
management (Linares-Mustarós, Coenders, G. and Vives-Mestres, 201Mnif Sellami, and
Gafsi, 2019).
Alternative methods: With changes of business environment new methods are
developed. Following are the methods of modern techniques of preparation of budget
 Rolling budget: In this method budgets are prepared on continuously basis until the time
period of achieving goal does not completed. It is also known as roll-over budget.
Advantages:
 With the use of this method workforce focusing on achieving their goal at fix time.
 This method help in identifying performance evaluation of various departments.
Disadvantage:
 It is very time consuming process.
 Using rolling budgets can increase uncertainty of regular activities running organization.
Zero based budget: In this method budgets are prepared from scratch level. Managers started
from initial level and prepared budget on the basis of collection of research data. This type of
method is useful for newly established organization.
Advantage:
 By using this method organization can be utilizing their resource effectively.
 It will provided accurate information related future earning and expenses.
Disadvantage:
 Due to rigid process of budgeting business organization can not focusing on opportunities
and threat in market economy.
 It incurred high cost of preparation of budget by this method.

Activity based budgeting: It is most useful technique for manufacturing organizations.
In this technique budgets are prepared on the basis of activity costing. Managers identify cost
incurred on allocation of resources and then prepare budget on the basis of collection of allocated
data. It is very useful method. Following are the benefit sand drawbacks of activity based
budgeting method:
Advantage:
 It will help in managing time of organization by reducing wastage activities.
 It is flexible method manager can be used this method by analysing market demand.
Disadvantage:
 It is complex and hardly to understand process.
 Budgets are prepared on the basis of second source of information.
2)Effect of budgeting methods on Second sight plc
Second Sight is multinational business organization which run their sunglasses business all over
the England. Headquarter of this is situated at Manchester. Now the company want to expand
their business units in India and Netherlands. Management can be used traditional as well as
modern technique of budgeting to identify future earning and formulation of policies to achieve
these project. In traditional budgeting method, budgets are prepared on the basis of past year
data. Manager will be used this method as it will help them in saving their cost and provided
data. Manager department of this organization will be used modern methods of preparation of
budgets as it will help in provides accurate data which will help in deicide in best options related
to projects (Muñoz‐Torres, Fernández‐Izquierdo, Rivera‐Lirio and Escrig‐Olmedo, 2019). Zero
based method help them to prepared budget on the basis of analysing present information. If they
prepared their budget from activity budgeting then it will help them in utilization their resource
efficiently. Second Sight Plc is run their business since past 10 years they earn 250 million
turnover in last year. It is responsibility of their managers to countries run their business by
current probability rate and for this purpose they can be apply methods of budgeting which help
them in taking better decision.

3)Analysing whether traditional or modern budgetary system is
appropriate for all or any parts of the business for future projects
Budget is essential part of strategic management. This numerical statement help
management to determined best alternative among other alternative. Success of business models
depends on the skills of managers preparation of budget. Business organization choose methods
for budgeting process according to external and internal environment factors of organization. In
the case of Second sight manager will be choose budgeting method which help in providing
accurate information related to future. Budgeting methods help in providing direction and
guidelines of preparation of budget but not all methods are suitable on particular budgets. Each
budgeting method has its own benefits and drawbacks. Second Sight is prepare budget for their
new projects which is run in Indian and Netherlands target market. For Indian market they can
use Zero based budgeting and rolling budgeting methods both provides relevant information
related to future earning because trading in Indian market is too risky and difficult process.
Business organization would not apply traditional and activity based budgeting method for
Indian project because Second Sight would not trade their products in India (Ng, 2018.).
Market segment is also difference in Indian sector thus they need to start from zero basis to
research all the market condition of India and formulate polices on the basis of new data. Rolling
based budget is also effective for this project as in this technique they ca change their polices
after analysing market condition within short time period but it is time consuming process as
compare to zero bas3ed budgeting method. For Netherlands project manager will be choose
traditional method. Market requirement of this country is similar as Manchester market thus it is
effective for Second Sight plc to apply this method it will give best results. They can also used
activity based budgeting technique for this project as market area is limited. Activity based
budgeting method help in in allocation of resource in best ways.

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