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Level 4 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Working Capital and Liquidity Management

LSC404 · Finance and Accounting — Week 4 of 16

CourseLSC404
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Working Capital and Liquidity Management

  1. Operating cycle of freight operators
  2. Management of current assets and liabilities
  3. Cash conversion cycles
  4. Managing trade credit and supplier terms
  5. Operating Cycle vs. Cash Conversion Cycle | Financial Statement Analysis
  6. Short-term Liquidity Ratios | Financial Statement Analysis
  7. Understanding the WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE | Dr. Anil Lamba

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Understand the concepts of working capital and liquidity.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: understand the concepts of working capital and liquidity.

Study materials

Videos

  • Operating Cycle vs. Cash Conversion Cycle | Financial Statement Analysis · YouTube · Edspira · 7 min · for registered students
  • Short-term Liquidity Ratios | Financial Statement Analysis · YouTube · Edspira · 12 min · for registered students
  • Understanding the WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE | Dr. Anil Lamba · YouTube · Dr. Anil Lamba · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 19: The Importance of Trade Credit and Working Capital in Planning · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 567–598 · for registered students
  • Principles of Accounting Vol. 1, ch. 5.3: Current ratio and working capital · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 272–282 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Financial Accounting, Lyryx 2023-A, ch. 4: The Classified Balance Sheet and Related Disclosures · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 155–184 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Financial Record-Keeping
  • Week 2: Core Financial Statements and Logistics Decision-Making
  • Week 3: Business Capital and Fixed Asset Depreciation
  • Week 4: Working Capital and Liquidity Management
  • Week 5: Sources of Finance for Logistics Operations
  • Week 6: Budgetary Frameworks and Approaches
  • Week 7: Budget Preparation in Logistics
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Variance Analysis and Budgetary Control
  • Week 10: Financial Performance and Ratio Analysis
  • Week 11: Addressing Financial Under-Performance
  • Week 12: Applying Finance and Accounting in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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