Working capital optimization
Optimizing working capital is crucial at the moment. High interest rates are causing cash flow strain and elevated post-pandemic inventory levels are affecting liquidity. By utilizing data transparency in operations, your business can streamline its working capital, enhancing your cash flow and financial resilience.
Unlocking value: key strategies for working capital efficiency
Optimize stock levels
Based on our robust data models and advanced analytics, we can help you set the optimal inventory levels for your company and so optimize your working capital.
Improve payment terms
We can help harmonize and improve your payment terms through negotiation expertise and holistic strategies for financing your supply chains.
Secure cash flow
We can help ensure your solvency and also deliver maximum value through effective cash-management strategies and our comprehensive toolbox.
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Our working capital solutions and methodologies
- Unlock Working Capital Potential: Use our advanced tools to actively manage and enhance your cash flow.
- AI-Powered KPI Dashboards: Gain real-time insights with our AI-enhanced KPI dashboards, enabling quick and informed decision-making.
- Identify Improvement Areas: Use the KPI dashboard to spot potential improvements based on our industry-specific benchmarks and prioritize challenges for immediate risk reduction.
- Comprehensive Data Analysis: From gathering data on stocks, payments, and cash flows to AI-driven evaluations, we offer a complete understanding of your cash flow dynamics.
- Tailored Implementation Roadmap: We create customized plans focusing on key areas such as inventory management, optimizing payment terms, and enhancing cash management.
- Process Optimization: We drive efficiency and effectiveness by improving processes and streamlining operations to achieve sustainable results.
Task force for stock level optimization
- Data model creation: creating a robust data model for transparent inventory management, identifying critical items and overstock.
- Target picture: esing advanced analytics to define optimal re-ordering points and safety stocks for efficient inventory management.
- Levers and measures: leveraging our industry-proven SCM & resilience toolbox and targeted tactics, like broker sell-off, to optimize working capital.
- Working capital optimization: from short-term measures to mid- to long-term strategies, we tailor solutions to meet your business needs, and aiming to return you to optimal stock levels.
Payment terms optimization
- Transparency creation: using advanced analytics to develop actionable dashboards and benchmarks for tailored optimization aligned with client needs.
- Negotiation excellence: harmonizing payment terms through strategic techniques and benchmarks to enhance negotiation outcomes.
- Payment terms criteria: introducing supply chain financing and holistic payment terms management to foster relationships and mitigate risks.
Cash management
- Cash flow management toolbox: ready-to-implement measures that prioritize value impact and time sensitivity.
- Clear credit supply plan: a structured approach that ensures credit availability during tense situations.
- Budget gatekeeper function: oversight role that maintains adherence to financial guidelines.
- Communication support: providing expertise for transparent action implementation and team collaboration.
- Real-time reporting and control: utilizing proven tools and methodical expertise for transparent monitoring and decision-making.
Our working capital insights
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