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The working capital cycle

How long cash is tied up between paying a supplier and being paid by a customer, counted in days, and how to shorten it.

Premium5 rooms42 questions47 min
See the first roomHow long customers take to pay

Rooms in this module

  1. How long customers take to pay9 min, easyPremium
  2. How long you take to pay suppliers9 min, easyPremium
  3. How long inventory sits9 min, mediumPremium
  4. How to work out the cash cycle10 min, mediumPremium
  5. How to shorten the cash cycle10 min, mediumPremium

How this works

Each room answers one problem. A task is a few lines of reading, then questions you answer in the books: post to an account, type a figure, sort, match or write a journal. Every answer is marked at once, with the rule behind it. There are no videos.

Questions

How many rooms and questions are in The working capital cycle?

5 rooms and 42 questions. Every question is marked at once.

How long does it take?

About 47 minutes in all. A room takes 9 to 10 minutes, so you can do one at a time.

Is it free?

No. These rooms need Premium. Each room shows the start of its first task before you pay.

What should I do first?

Liquidity. It is the module before this one in Reading the numbers.