This course provides a comprehensive analysis on how to manage working capital, working capital financing policies, increasing profits through working capital management and how to properly fund working capital. The course also discusses the cash conversion cycle, budgeting and credit policy. 

Learning Objectives
  • Discover basic understanding of a company’s working capital structure.
  • Identify how to manage working capital to increase profits.
  • Explore and establish basic knowledge of Working Capital Management policies.
  • Identify how to calculate the cash conversion cycle.
  • Explore and establish knowledge of working capital in the budgeting process and credit policy.
Last updated/reviewed: March 10, 2024
65 Reviews (265 ratings)

Reviews

5
EXCELLANT! A great review or learning experience for those who don't have much exposure to WC Management. Easily understood, terms defined. Perfect! Suggestion, a "cheat" sheet of all formula's shown, a generalized direction favorable/unfavorable (i.e., CR over 1 good, but over 1.3 maybe not so good, but under 1, not good).

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Anonymous Author
Great course. Joseph did a good job explaining the various ratios and provided real life examples of how an improvement/decrease in one of the ratios will impact the sample company. Great refresher of all the various ratios that I previously learned.

3
Member's Profile
The course was a decent overview on working capital. I've taken a couple of classes from this instructor, and it would be great if he could use parentheses when presenting formulas as he does not follow order of operations when it comes to math.

3
Anonymous Author
Overall, the course was good for those a limited accounting background. However, the instructor tends to focus on the perspective of an Equity Analyst as opposed to an internal financial analyst or outside creditor.

5
Anonymous Author
this course directly helped me in my own working capital analysis project for my company, and confirmed a lot of aspects of working capital I was already familiar with to confirm my analysis was on the right path.

3
Anonymous Author
Good information presented in a concise and straightforward way. Presentation was a little dry and may be a bit confusing to a person without much knowledge of working capital or ratio analysis.

4
Member's Profile
Well-presented course. Good for those unfamiliar with the topic and a nice review for a financial manager looking to maximize improved working capital position (or sitting on excess cash).

5
Member's Profile
Excellent coverage; particularly for seasoned treasury professionals who may be out-of-touch with all of the objective tools that are crucial in monitoring working capital.

5
Member's Profile
Great course. I very much liked the real world example of Dell. Also felt that the conversation and real world application added to the content. Beyond just the slides.

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Anonymous Author
The course is very helpful to understand working capital management and how does it impact on business operation. Recommended to anyone who is interested in FP&A field.

5
Member's Profile
Organized presentation, defined key ratios, integrated impact on valuation of company with investment in working capital. Also, provided an example of a cash budget.

5
Member's Profile
The speaker was knowledgeable and informative. You will benefit from this course if you deal with analysis of financials and track your company's progression

4
Anonymous Author
Course itself was good explained. The final exam questions were confusing especially the 'except of' questions. Maybe this is easier for native Speakers.

4
Member's Profile
I like that this course is relevant to role in my current project. It provided a lot of useful information that can be used to add value to my client.

4
Anonymous Author
Felt like a lot of ratios. Although relevant, I would've liked to have seen more operational perspective in the course. Felt a bit academic.

4
Member's Profile
It was a clear concise review of the basics of Working Capital. It could have been longer and discussed more complex aspects of the topic.

5
Member's Profile
Great overall course on working capital. Giving some examples of specific ratios in specific industries will be helpful. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Anonymous Author
It covered all the basics of Working capital terms and ratio's very well with a factual company example of balance sheet and budget.

4
Member's Profile
Covered a lot of territory and provided good examples; particularly useful for those that are not involved on an ongoing basis.

5
Anonymous Author
Working Capital Management a very important topic for budgeting. Thanks for the course. Well explained and clear presentation.

5
Member's Profile
Joseph is very knowledgeable about the subject matter and delivers an engaging and appropriately paced presentation. Thank you!

5
Anonymous Author
A great refresher on Working Capital Management. I liked the last three parts of the course in particular. Thank you, Joseph!

5
Anonymous Author
excellent course on describing details on working capital. Highly recommend course for those working closely with WC.

3
Member's Profile
Course was informative and had good explanations but some question as to where some test questions were derived from .

4
Member's Profile
Good overview of the cash management process - would like to have seen more time spend on the cash forecasting process

4
Anonymous Author
Comprehensive and insightful material. Presentation is kind of monotonous with distracting irrelevant pop ups.

4
Anonymous Author
Very fast paced for this subject needed to keep reviewing to grasp a good understanding of the various ratios

5
Member's Profile
Very informative course if you want to learn more about the components of working capital and the key raios.

4
Anonymous Author
I found this course to be quite relevant and practical. The formulas and analyses can be applied easily.

5
Anonymous Author
I liked how he explained how the working capital ratios effected ACME to provide a real life scenario

4
Member's Profile
A good course on the impact that managing working capital can have on an organizations bottom line.

5
Anonymous Author
Good course for most staff accounting positions and maybe most useful for treasury department.

5
Anonymous Author
The Supporting material - slides are missing 2 slides for Free Cash flow that was presented.

4
Anonymous Author
Good overview of managing working capital and a walk through of a working capital analysis.

5
Anonymous Author
Really enjoyed the course. Covered the material well with the incorporation of examples.

5
Member's Profile
Nice coverage of the subject matter by a knowledgable WC leader. I enjoyed the approach.

5
Anonymous Author
I really enjoyed this course. It was very instructive and to the point. Very helpful.

5
Member's Profile
Excellent course! A great review material. Well explained and easily understood.

5
Member's Profile
Great Content and very good delivery with useful examples. Highly recommended.

4
Anonymous Author
Good course. Effective coverage of the basics of working capital management.

5
Member's Profile
Very clear review of the key factors of working capital mgt and key metrics

5
Anonymous Author
There is a lot of good practical information included with all the ratios.

5
Anonymous Author
Great learning on working capital management and working capital ratiors

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Anonymous Author
good overview of the basics and touches on all important aspects.

4
Anonymous Author
Instructor gave good examples to follow for the items discussed.

5
Member's Profile
Very succinct and easy to understand. Would recommend to anyone

5
Anonymous Author
Good course focused on the benefits of managing working capital.

5
Anonymous Author
Great introduction into Working Capital Management and the CCC.

5
Anonymous Author
the course touching the exact needed and relevant issues.

5
Anonymous Author
Good overview of working capital concepts and ratios.

4
Member's Profile
Courses in other foreign languages would be helpful.

5
Member's Profile
The course is informative and easy to understand.

4
Anonymous Author
Great input - no complaints = high marks, thanks

4
Anonymous Author
Very helpful refresher with practical content.

5
Anonymous Author
very straightforward and clearly explained.

5
Anonymous Author
Good refresher on overall working capital.

4
Anonymous Author
Good course, some really good takeaways.

5
Anonymous Author
excellent course that is also practical

5
Member's Profile
Another great course by Joseph Ori

5
Anonymous Author
The course is very comprehensive.

5
Anonymous Author
Good review of fundamentals.

3
Anonymous Author
Good basic information.

2
Member's Profile
Terrible slides

4
Anonymous Author
Good course.

4
Anonymous Author
Solid course

Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Intermediate

Prerequisite: Exposure to corporate finance

 

Advanced Preparation: None

 

Education Provider Information
Company: Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
Contact: For more information regarding this course, including complaint and cancellation policies, please contact our offices at (408) 400- 3993 or send an e-mail to .
Instructor for this course
Course Syllabus
Introduction AND OVERVIEW
  Executive Summary3:06
  Working Capital4:39
  Working Capital Ratios4:46
  Cash Conversion Cycle7:56
  Working Capital Ratio Analysis12:56
  Working Capital Financing4:42
  Increasing Returns on Cash Holdings2:44
  Cash Budgeting 5:30
  Credit Policy6:42
Continuous Play
  Working Capital Management54:23
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
  Slides: Working Capital ManagementPDF
  Working Capital Management Glossary/IndexPDF
REVIEW & TEST
  REVIEW QUESTIONSquiz
 FINAL EXAMexam