Ways Out of the Working Capital Trap Empowering Self-Financing Growth Through Modern Supply Management /

• Main Authors: Hofmann, Erik (Author), Maucher, Daniel (Author), Piesker, Sabrina (Author), Richter, Philipp (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Professional Supply Management ; 1
• Subjects: Business.; Organization.; Planning.; Production management.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.

Especially in times of an economic boom following a crisis, companies have to deal with the phenomenon of the "working capital trap," which signifies a company's increasing need for financial liquidity in times of hindered access to debt capital, caused by the increasingly restrictive...

Table of Contents:

• Call for Action: From Financial and Economic Crisis to Working Capital Trap
• Determination of the Internal Financing Power of Corporate Growth via the Self-Financeable Growth Rate
• Strengthening Internal Financing Power using Cash-to-cash Cycle Optimization
• Measures for Strengthening Internal Financing Power from a Corporate Viewpoint
• Measures for Strengthening Internal Financing Power from a Supply Chain Viewpoint
• Case Study: Increasing Internal Financing Power of a Supplier in the Automotive Industry
• Measuring Procurement Contribution to Corporate Performance using the "Procurement Value Added"
• Conclusion
• Summary
• Outlook
• Literature.