(A manufacturing unit needs to hold the stock of raw material, work-in-process, finished goods for a length of time in the workplace before dispatching the final products to the customers.This article explains how to calculate holding period for stocks and book debts collection) In simple term, operating cycle means the length of time required to…
(Nayak Committee norms for computation of working capital limits) The term working capital means sum of the funds invested at various current assets used in the operating cycle, by the industrial and trading establishments. Operating cycle means the length of time required to convert ‘Non-Cash current assets’, (like raw material (RM), work in process (WIP), finished goods (FG),…
(This post explains the definitions of working capital , Operating cycle and various methods of working capital appraisal viz. Tandon’s first method, Tandon’s second method,Turnover method or Nayak committee norms, Cash budget method, Chore committee norms, Maximum permissible bank finance, Minimum permissible bank finance and Important things to note in assessment of working capital…