WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

SEMESTER VI (BATCH 2018-21)

Guidelines for Component 1: Project
Title: A Study on working capital management with respect to…ABC Ltd. …. for the period ……… to ……
Maximum no. of students in a group = 5
Total No. of pages: 25(maximum).
Format of the report-
A. Title page
a. Name and logo of the institute
b. Topic of research
c. Student’s name
d. Submitted to
e. Roll number, class and section
B. Acknowledgement
C. Index
D. project is to be numbered after index
Contents of the Project report:
(i) Introduction to the company: from the financial angle
(ii) Working Capital Management in a company: Nature of business, type of working
capital required, how a firm estimates its working capital needs (operating cycle) ,
issues in working capital management and working capital management policies etc.
(iii) Research Methodology: (i) Objectives
(ii) Methods of data collection
(iii) Duration of the study
(iv) Data Analysis (to be presented in the form of tables and the graphs) & interpretation
(v) Findings and discussion of the results
(vi) Conclusion

Targeted business: Restaurant, beauty salon, cafe, retail store, any manufacturing company etc.

A group can choose any business located in Pune or any part of a country. Also collect the following
information required for based on the following pointers which will form a part of its data analysis:

I. Current Assets: (i) Inventory Management: Inventory management policy, techniques of inventory
management, process of managing inventory and inventory turnover ratio etc.

(ii) Receivables Management: credit policy of a company, Debtors turnover ratio.

(iii) Cash Management: Cash in hand / bank and investment in short term investments (the types of short
term investments)

Analyse short term solvency of a company with the help of: Current ratio, liquid ratio and absolute liquidity
ratio and ratios showing the working capital management of a company.

II. Current Liabilities: (i) Accounts payables: trends in accounts payables and creditors turnover ratio.

III. Impact of COVID-19 on the select business in terms of working capital.