Mastering Working Capital Management

Because receivables usually involve the most functions and offer the most direct lever. Module five sets the policy: customer credit assessment, terms, discounts and the balance between growth and risk. Module six fixes the process, from billing accuracy through a disciplined dunning system to automation of invoice-to-cash. Module seven adds the measurement: the receivables metric set, the aging report and dashboards that turn numbers into collection actions.

Module nine treats payables as a lever with a limit. Participants look at DPO and what trade credit really requires in return, then at early-payment discounts, dynamic discounting and supply chain finance as alternatives to simply stretching terms. The module closes with supplier segmentation and relationship risk, so the payables program a team designs protects critical suppliers while releasing cash from the rest.

Yes. Module three is built around industry context, comparing working capital across three industry archetypes and asset-light versus asset-heavy models, and showing how to benchmark within a sector rather than against an irrelevant average. A services company will spend less time on the inventory module and more on receivables, billing and short-term funding, which is where its cash cycle is decided.

Module ten explains why a working capital gap arises even in healthy businesses, lays out the internal and external sources that can fund it, and shows how to choose and compare instruments on their true terms. Taken with module four on cash, enterprise value and the role of free cash flow, it gives treasury and finance staff a complete view from operating decisions to funding decision.

That is the recommended design, because the terms sales negotiates and the payment behavior procurement sets are two of the three components of the cash conversion cycle. Non-finance managers can follow the worked calculation in module two, and the self-paced format on the Blue Ocean learning platform lets each function spend longer on the modules closest to its own lever while the administrator dashboard tracks the whole group.

Each person who completes the 17 modules, the knowledge checks and the practice assessments is issued a digital, verifiable MBE credential for Mastering Working Capital Management by Blue Ocean Corporation under the Mastering Business Excellence series. The organization keeps the enrollment and completion record on the administrator dashboard for capability planning and for the sponsor's own reporting.

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