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Project Report On Bhel
Project Report On Bhel
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Submitted By-
Aditi Mishra
MBA General (2014-2016)
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PREFACE
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I owe a great deal to greet many people, for the successful completion of
this survey report. Survey is a team project; literally many of people have
contributed to this survey report. Every work requires a commitment but
this commitment goes in vain when there is no guidance.
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DECLARATION
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CONTENT
1. Executive Summary
2. Introduction
3. Purpose of the study
4. Objective of the study
5. Research Methodology
6. Company profile :-
BHEL –Background
Vision, Mission & Values of BHEL
Company and its product
Performance of BHEL at a glance
BHEL Balance sheet & Income Statement
Board of Directors
Achievements & Projects
SWOT Analysis of BHEL
7. Unit Profile:-
About BHEL (HERP),Varanasi
Balance Sheet of BHEL (HERP) Varanasi
Profit & Loss A/C of BHEL (HERP) Varanasi
8. About the topic:-
Defining Working Capital
Determinants of Working Capital and W.C. Cycle
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✓ Payables management
✓ Inventory management
9. Key Ratios
10. Conclusion
12. Limitations
13. Appendix
14. Bibliography
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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INTRODUCTION
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OBJECTIVE OF STUDY
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Data collection
Data collection refers to the gathering of data from various sources, these
sources of data are: - Primary Data Sources & Secondary data Sources
These are the original source of data i.e. the sources from which
researcher directly collects data & this data has been not previously
collected.
These are sources containing data that have been collected and
compiled for another purpose. These data are readymade & readily
available. The secondary data in this research is obtained from internet,
books etc.
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Industry analysis is done based on the information gathered from
newspapers and websites of Indian steel ministry & other sector related
websites.
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BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICAL LIMITED
COMPANY BACKGROUND
1956 - Company was set up at Bhopal in the name of M/s Heavy electrical
(India) Ltd. in collaboration with AEI, UK. Subsequently, three more plants
were set up at Hyderabad, Hardwar and Trichy. The Bhopal Unit was
controlled by the company, the other three were under the control of
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. - The Company`s object is to manufacture of
heavy electrical equipments.
1972 - In July the Operations of all the four plants were integrated.
1974 - In January Heavy electrical (India) Ltd was merged with BHEL. -
For the manufacture of a wide variety of products, the company has
developed technological infrastructure, skills and quality to meet the
stringent requirements of the power plants, transportation, petro
chemicals, oil etc. - BHEL has entered into collaboration which are
technical in nature. Under these agreements, the collaborators have
transferred, furnished the information, documentation, including know-
how relating to design, engineering, manufacturing assembly etc.
1982 - BHEL also entered into power equipments, to reduce its dependence
on the power sector.
BHEL Has
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VISION, MISSION & VALUES OF BHEL
VISION
MISSION
VALUES
Commitment
Customer satisfaction
Continuous improvement
Concern for environment
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Creativity & innovation
CORPORATE PROFILE
BHEL caters to core sectors of the Indian economy viz., power generation
and transmission , industry transportation , renewable energy defiance
etc. the wide network of BHEL 14 manufacturing divisions 4 power sector
regional centers, 8 service centers, 15 regional office, one subsidiary co.
joint venture and a large number of projects sites spread all over India and
abroad enables the company to promptly serve its customers and provide
them with suitable products, systems and servicers- efficiently and at
competitive prices.
BHEL where quality systems as per ISO-9000 have taken deep roots has
now made significant achievements in total quality management by
adopting the CII/EFQM model for business excellence. BHEL become the
first public sector company in the country to win the coveted PRIZE
through its Haridwar unit under the CII EXIM award Scheme. BHEL
Bhopal and JHANSI units and power sector northern and eastern regions’
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have also won the commendation for significant achievement to TQM
during 2008-2009
For the third consecutive year, BHEL performance was recognized by the
prestigious publication ‘Forbes Asia’ which featured BHEL in its fourth
annual ‘fabulous 50’ list of the best of Asia pacific’s publically – traded
company with revenue or market capitalization of a least us $ 5 billion
having highest long term profitability and sells and earnings growth
significantly BHEL is only Indian PSU top figure on the elite list since the
list was conceived. BHEL and its four units were awarded ICWAI awards
for excellence in cost management for 208- the highest among both public
and private sector companies .BHEL won EEPC’s top export award for the
eighteenth year in secession
POWER SECTOR
Power generation sector comprises thermal, gas, hydro and nuclear power
plant business. As of 31-3-2010, BHEL supplied sets account for nearly
71,255 MW or 64% of the total installed capacity of 1,11,151 MW in the
country, as against nil till 1969-70.
BHEL has proven turnkey capabilities for executing power projects from
concepts to commissioning. It possesses the technology and capability to
produce thermal sets with supercritical parameters up to 1000 mw unit
rating and gas turbine-generator sets of up to 250 mw unit rating.
Cogeneration and combined-cycle plants have been introduced to achieve
higher plant efficiencies. To make efficient use of the high ash-content coal
available in India, BHEL supplies circulating fluidized bed combustion
boilers to both thermal and combined-cycle power plants.
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The company manufactures 235 MW nuclear turbine generator sets and
has commenced production of 500 MW nuclear turbine generator sets.
Custom-made hydro sets of Francis, Pelton and Kaplan types for different
head discharge combinations are also engineered and manufactured by
BHEL. In all, orders for more than 700 utility sets of thermal, hydro, gas
and nuclear have been placed on the company as on date. The power plant
equipment manufactured by BHEL is based on contemporary technology
comparable to the best in the world, and is also internationally competitive.
TRANSMISSION
INDUSTRY SECTOR
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range of systems and equipment supplied includes: captive power plants,
dg power plants, high speed industrial drive turbines, industrial boilers
and axillaries, waste heat recovery boilers, gas turbines, heat exchangers
and pressure vessels, centrifugal compressors, electrical machines, pumps,
valves, seamless steel tubes and process controls, control systems for
process industries, and control and instrumentation systems for power
plants, defense and other applications. The company has commenced
manufacture of large scale desalination plants to help augment the supply
of drinking water to people.
TRANSPORTATION
Mostly of the trains operated by the Indian railways, including the metro in
Calcutta, are equipped with BHEL’s traction electrics and traction control
equipment. The company supplies electric locomotives to Indian Railways
and diesel shunting locomotives to various industries. 5000/4600 hp ac/dc
locomotives developed and manufactured by BHEL have been supplied to
Indian railways. Battery powered road vehicles are also manufactured by
the company. BHEL also supplies traction electrics and traction control
equipment for electric locos, diesel electric locos, and EMUs/ DEMUs to
the railways.
TELECOMMUNICATION
RENEWABLE ENERGY
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Technologies that can be offered by BHEL for exploiting non-conventional
and renewable resources of energy include: wind electric generators, solar
power based water pumps, lighting and heating systems. The company
manufactures wind electric generators of unit size up to 250 KW for wind
farms, to meet the growing demand for harnessing wind energy.
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
BHEL has, over the years established its references in over 50 countries of
the world, ranging from the United States in the west to New-Zealand in
the far east. These references encompass almost the entire product range of
BHEL, covering turnkey power projects of thermal, hydro and gas based
type sub-station projects, rehabilitation projects, besides a wide variety of
products, like switch gear, transformer, heat exchangers ,insulators,
castings and forgings. Apart from over 1100MW of boiler capacity
contributed in Malaysia, some of the other major successes achieved by the
company have been in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Greece, Cyprus, Malta,
Egypt, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Sri Lanka, Iraq etc. execution of overseas
projects’ has also provided BHEL the experience of working with world
renowned consulting organizations and inspection agencies.
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efforts as well as through acquisitions of new technologies from leading
engineering organizations of the world.
PRODUCTS
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Steam generator & Turbine generator up to 700 MW capacity.
DG Power Plants
Industrial Sets
Boiler
Boiler Auxiliaries
Piping System
Pumps
Switchgear
Bus Ducts
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Transformers
Insulators
Capacitors
Electrical Machines
Compressors
Control Gear
Silicon Rectifiers
Power Devices
Transportation Equipment
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mr.Saurabh Chandra
Mr. M A Pathan
DIRECTOR (HR)
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COMPANY SECRETARY Mr. I.P Singh
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Total 46960 39581 18.64
Debt equity
325.16 264.32 23.02
PER SHARE (IN 88.06 64.11 37.36
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BALANCE SHEET
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PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT
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RECENT PERFORMANCE ACHIEVEMENTS
23-May- Audited financial results for the year / quarter ended 31.03.2011
2011
5-May- Mr. B. Prasada Rao, CMD, BHEL, welcoming the new Secretary,
2011 Heavy Industry, Mr. S. Sundareshan
4-May- BHEL bags Intellectual Property Award 2011
2011
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2011 Machines manufacturing facility to the Nation
2-Apr- BHEL signs MoU with Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public
2011 Enterprises
23-Mar- BHEL wins order for World's first 800 kV 6,000 MW Ultra High
2011 Voltage Multi Terminal DC Transmission link
14-Feb-
2011 BHEL achieves another breakthrough in the Middle East region;
Bags single largest export order for a Gas Turbine-based power
plant from Yemen
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7-Feb- BHEL joins hands with Abengoa to develop Concentrated Solar
2011 Power projects in India
12-Nov-
2010 Mr. B.P. Rao, CMD, BHEL, receiving the Golden Peacock Award
for Excellence in Corporate Governance 2010 from Justice P.N.
Bhagwati
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29-Oct- BHEL maintains growth momentum; Achieves 33.2 per cent
2010 jump in bottomline in the second quarter of 2010-11; Cumulative
orderbook at record Rs.1,540,000 Million
29-Oct- Mr. B.P. Rao, CMD, BHEL administers the pledge of
2010 maintaining integrity during the Vigilance Awareness Week in
BHEL
20-Oct- BHEL secures major turnkey contract for setting up Grid-
2010 Interactive Solar Power Plants in Lakshadweep
7-Oct-
2010 BHEL wins Rs.37,000 Million EPC Contract for the first 700
MW Supercritical Thermal Unit
24-Sep- BHEL pays all-time high Equity Dividend of 233 percent for
2010 fiscal 2009-10
15-Sep- 2010
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13-Sep- BHEL wins India Pride Growth Leader of the Year Award
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9-Jul- BHEL wins ICWAI National Awards for Excellence in Cost
2010 Management for the fifth consecutive year; maximum number of
awards conferred on BHEL among public and private sector
companies
7-Jun- BHEL achieves major milestone in the Middle East with the
2010 commissioning of Two Gas Turbine-based Power Plants in UAE
and Oman
2-Jun- BHEL augments Transformer manufacturing capacity by setting
2010 up a new Core and Tank Shop at its Jhansi plant
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EXPANSION OF MANUFACTURING CAPACITY
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BHEL has embarked upon a plan of enhancing its manufacturing capacity
and capability for preparing itself to meet the country’s power demand, for
providing “Power to all by 2012” and to contribute fully for meeting the
power forecast of the 11th Plan and beyond. Towards this end, BHEL has
been augmenting its capacity and capability and has already enhanced its
power generating equipment manufacturing from 6000 MW in 1999-2000
to 10,000 MW per annum w.e.f. 1st January,2010. This manufacturing
enhanced to 15,000 MW per annum by end of March, 2010. This will
further go up to 20,000 MW per annum by March, 2012. A new
transformer manufacturing facility at Bhopal Unit to produce an additional
12,000 MVA of transformers per annum was dedicated to the nation by
Hon’ble Union Minister HI&PE on 17.11.2010. With this, transformer
manufacturing capacity of Bhopal Unit stands enhanced to 30,000 MVA
per annum.
FINANCIALS (Comparison)
INCOME STATEMENT
Mar 31,
Period Ending Mar 31, Mar 31, Mar 31, 2007
2010 2009 2008
Total Revenue 331,992,000 265,477,000 194,013,000 173,371,000
Cost of Revenue 205,400,000 171,850,000 115,195,000 104,668,000
Gross Profit 126,592,000 93,628,000 78,818,000 68,703,000
Operating Expenses
Research Development - - - -
Selling General and - - - -
Administrative
Non Recurring - - - -
Others - - - -
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Operating Income or Loss 55,917,000 38,871,000 35,230,000 33,991,000
Non-recurring Events
Discontinued Operations - - - -
Extraordinary Items - - - -
Effect Of Accounting Changes - - - -
Other Items - - - -
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Period Ending Mar 31, 2010 Mar 31, 2009 Mar 31, 2008 Mar 31, 2007
Assets
Current Assets
Cash And Cash Equivalents 98,564,000 103,295,000 83,860,000 58,089,000
Short Term Investments - - - -
Net Receivables 212,263,000 164,577,000 124,044,000 97,972,000
Inventory 92,838,000 78,920,000 57,364,000 42,177,000
Other Current Assets 26,562,000 23,060,000 13,793,000 11,562,000
Total Current Assets 430,228,000 369,852,000 279,062,000 209,800,000
Long Term Investments 59,000 59,000 83,000 83,000
Property Plant and Equipment - - - -
Goodwill 1,859,000 1,859,000 - -
Intangible Assets - - - -
Accumulated Amortization - - - -
Other Assets - - - -
Deferred Long Term Asset Charges 15,286,000 18,410,000 13,379,000 9,352,000
Total Assets 487,004,000 416,539,000 308,917,000 232,147,000
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable 76,099,000 58,981,000 44,240,000 34,570,000
Short/Current Long Term
1,483,000 1,666,000 952,000 893,000
Debt
Other Current Liabilities 227,816,000 208,531,000 140,051,000 94,684,000
Total Current Liabilities 327,092,000 286,177,000 200,568,000 143,676,000
Long Term Debt 170,000 144,000 23,000 23,000
Other Liabilities - - - -
Deferred Long Term Liability
Charges 24,000 - - -
Minority Interest - - - -
Negative Goodwill - - - -
Total Liabilities 328,044,000 287,353,000 201,175,000 144,264,000
Stockholders' Equity
Misc Stocks Options Warrants - - - -
Redeemable Preferred Stock - - - -
Preferred Stock - - - -
Common Stock 4,895,000 4,895,000 4,895,000 2,448,000
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Retained Earnings 154,037,000 124,249,000 102,794,000 85,372,000
Treasury Stock 27,000 41,000 53,000 63,000
Capital Surplus 781,000 1,032,000 584,000 565,000
Other Stockholder Equity - - - -
Total Stockholder Equity - - - -
Net Tangible Assets - - - -
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All numbers in thousands
Mar 31, Mar 31, Mar 31, Mar 31,
Period Ending 2010 2009 2008
Net Income 43,269,000 31,152,000 28,593,000 24,147,000
Operating Activities, Cash Flows Provided By or Used In
Depreciation 4,595,000 3,421,000 2,972,000 2,732,000
Adjustments To Net Income - - -
Changes In Accounts Receivables (51,671,000) (46,810,000) (23,860,000) (24,741,000)
Changes In Liabilities - - -
Changes In Inventories (13,918,000) (21,081,000) (15,187,000) (4,733,000)
Changes In Other Operating
Activities - - -
Currency in INR.
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SWOT Analysis of BHEL
Strength
Weakness
STRENGTHS
Sound engineering base and ability to assimilate relatively stable industrial relation
Access to contemporary technologies with the support from renowned collaborators.
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Ability to manufacture or procure to supply spares. Fully
equipped to take capital maintenance and servicing of the
power plants.
For non- BHEL products, services and spares are not easily
available and if they are, price charged are very high.
Low debt equity ratio for all the years under study, enabling
company to raise capital.
WEAKNESSES
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Lack of effective marketing infrastructure.
OPPORTUNITIES
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Life expansion program for old power stations.
Export opportunities.
THREATS
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BHEL : HERP Varanasi
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condenser has been carried out to the entire satisfaction of the
customers. Now HERP manufactures turbine spares, tools & tackles
complete spares of bowl mill XRP 623,803,883 & 1003. The unit has
a plan to add Constant load hanger, Variable load hanger &
condensate polishing unit in near future.
Through small in size, HERP has been in adequate attention to all the
facts of plant operation like computerization, inventory control,
quality assurance. In order to channelize the creative energy of
employees suggestion scheme and quality circle and productivity
improvement project are in operation.
HERP takes pride in being one of the best among BHEL unit in term
of value added per employee. it has a track reward of continuing
harmonious industrial relations. Being a public sector, HERP is
aware of social responsibility as a corporate citizen as quality of like
for the residents of near by area.
Heavy Equipment Repair Plant, Varanasi has highly skilled &
dedicated technicians, engineers & specialist catering the
requirements of various power plants of their mill and turbine O&M
spares. HERP has contributed a lot in refurbishing of various units of
NTPC after taking it over from SEB’s and is a major player in
Government of India PIE program.
Bowl Mill XRP/XRS 623, 703HP, 783, 803, 803HP, 883, 1003
spares
Turbine fasteners
Repair/Rebabbiting of TG bearings
Rotor machining
Spares for Boiler Auxiliaries like Coal Burners, Fuel Piping,
ESP, Air Preheater & R.C. Feeder etc.
Hydro Turbine component machining like Guide Vanes, Guide
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Bearings.
Tools & Tackles of Steam Turbines
Limiter Assembly, Oil Filter Assembly & Speed Changer
Assembly of Governing System.
Repair Machining Of --
CUSTOMERS
PARTNERS
Our partners & suppliers include our sister units viz. Haridwar,
Bhopal, Tiruchy, Hyderabad, Varanasi as well as various ancillaries
developed by various units of BHEL.
HERP has achieved certification of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS
18001 and targeted TQM score during 03-04. Unit level TQ council is
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committed towards improvement on regular basis in line with the
organizational goals. The other apex level committee like HMC, PQC
& PEC is also having meetings as per schedule for review as per
agenda keeping in view, the interests of our Stakeholders.
BUSINESS POLICY
One of the major strengths of HERP Varanasi is its free, open and
consistent work culture for making continuous improvement. To
recognize employees’ participation & valued suggestions HERP has
always been recognizing their good efforts. Felicitation letters are
distributed on 15th August & 26th January regularly.
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BALANCE SHEET
As 31-03-11 As 31-03-10
Sources of funds
Shareholders fund
share capital
Funds from Head office 48.82 48.82
Funds TO &From Corp. Off ccc
A/C (cr. Balance) 50.44 130.99
19214.1
Reserves and surplus 26329.84 26429.1 19034.37 8
Loan Funds
Secured Loan
Unsecured loan 51.17 51.17
Deferred tax liability
19265.3
26492.86 5
Application of funds
Fixed assets
Gross block 2620.2 2565.19
Less DEP. /Amortization to date 1583.61 1381.78
1036.59 1183.41
Add/ deduct: lease adjustment
account
less :Impairment loss
Net Block 1036.59 1183.41
Capital work in Progress 481.78 1518.37 9.15
1192.56 1149.19
Investment NIL NIL
Inter division a/c (Dr. 15777.22 1192.56
balance) Current assets ,
Loans And
Advances
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Current assets
Inventories 5853.93 5828.46
Sundry debtors 12108.57 9800.98
Cash and bank balance 2.7 1.08
Other current assets
Loans and advances 391.33 224.48
18356.53 15855
less:
Current Liabilities And provision
Liabilities 7473.28 7251.99
Provisions 1685.98 1180.85
9159.26 8432.84
Net current assets 9197.27 7422.16
Profit and loss account (Dr. 19265.3
balance ) 26492.86 5
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WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Cash is the lifeline of a company. If this lifeline deteriorates, so does the company's
ability to fund operations, reinvest and meet capital requirements and payments.
Understanding a company's cash flow health is essential to making investment
decisions. A good way to judge a company's cash flow prospects is to look at its working
capital management (WCM).
Working capital refers to the cash a business requires for day-to-day operations, or,
more specifically, for financing the conversion of raw materials into finished goods,
which the company sells for payment. Among the most important items of working
capital are levels of inventory, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. Analysts look
at these items for signs of a company's efficiency and financial strength.
The term working capital refers to the amount of capital which is readily available to an
organization. That is, working capital is the difference between resources in cash or
readily convertible into cash (Current Assets) and organizational commitments for
which cash will soon be required (Current Liabilities).
Thus:
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WORKING CAPITAL = CURRENT ASSETS – CURRENT LIABILITIES
Current Assets
Inventory
Current Liabilities
Bank Overdraft
Current assets are those which can be converted into cash within an accounting year and
include cash, short-term securities, debtors, bills receivables (accounts receivables or
book debts) and stock(inventory)
Current liabilities are those claim of outsiders which are expected to mature for
payment within an accounting year and include creditors(accounts payable),bills
payable and outstanding expenses.
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Net Working Capital:- it refers to the difference between current assets and
current liabilities.
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TIME: working capital management requires much of the financial
manager’s time.
GROWTH: the need for working capital is directly related to the firm’s growth.
Net working capital is a qualitative concept. It indicates the liquidity position of the firm
and suggests the extent to which working capital needs may be financed by permanent
sources of funds. Current assets should be sufficiently in excess of current liabilities to
constitute a margin or buffer for maturing obligations within the ordinary operating
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cycle of a business. In order to protect their interests, short-term creditors always like a
company to maintain current assets at a higher level than current liabilities. It is a
conventional rule to maintain the level of current assets twice the level of current
liabilities. However, the quality of current assets should be considered in determining
the level of current assets vis-a–vis current liabilities. A weak liquidity position poses a
threat to the solvency of the company and makes it unsafe and unsound. A negative
working capital means a negative liquidity and may prove to be harmful for the
company’s reputation. Excessive liquidity is also bad. It may be due to mismanagement
of current assets. Therefore prompt and timely action should be taken by management
to improve and correct imbalances in the liquidity position of the firm.
Net working capital concept also covers the question of judicious mix of long-ter and
short-term funds for financing current assets. For every firm there is a minimum
amount of net working capital which is permanent. Therefore a portion of the working
capital should be financed with
the permanent sources of funds such as equity, share capital, debentures, long-term
debt, preference share capital or retained earnings. Management must decide the extent
to which current assets should be financed with equity capital or borrowed capital.
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1. It results in unnecessary accumulation of inventories. Thus chances of inventory
mishandling, waste, theft and losses increase.
2. Is an indication of defective credit policy and slack collection period. Consequently,
higher incidence of bad debts results, which adversely affects profits.
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A firm’s net working capital position is not only important as an index of liquidity but it
is also used as a measure of the firm’s risk. in this regard means chances of the firm
being unable to meet its obligations on due date. The lender considers a positive
networking as a measure of safety. All other things being equal, the more the
networking capital a firm has, the less likely that it will default in meeting its current
financial obligations. Lenders such as commercial banks insist that the firm should
maintain a minimum net working capital position.
There are not set rules or formulae to determine the working capital requirements of
firms. A large number of factors, each having a different importance, influence working
capital needs of firms. The importance of factors also changes for a firm over time.
Therefore, an analysis of relevant factors should be made in order to determine total
investment in working capital. The following is the description of factors which
generally influence the working capital requirements of firms.
NATURE OF BUSINESS
Working capital requirements of a firm are basically influenced by the nature of its
business. Trading and financial firms have a very small investment in fixed assets, but
require a large sum of money to be invested in working capital. In contrast, public
utilities may have limited need for working capital and have to invest abundantly in
fixed assets. Their working capital requirements are normal because they may have only
cash sales and supply services, not products. Thus no funds will be tied up in debtors
and stock (inventories). For the working capital requirements most of the
manufacturing companies will fall between the two extreme requirements of trading
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firms and public utilities. Such concerns have to make adequate investment in current
assets depending upon the total assets structure and other variables.
The working capital needs of a firm are related to its sales. However, it is difficult to
precisely determine the relationship between volumes of sales and working capital
needs. In practice, current assets will have to be employed before growth takes place. it
is therefore necessary to make advance planning of working capital for a growing firm
on continuous basis.
Growing firms may need to invest funds in fixed assets in order to sustain growing
production and sales. This will, in turn, increase investment in current assets to support
enlarged scale of operations. Growing firms need funds continuously. They use external
sources as well as internal sources to meet increasing needs of funds. These firms face
further problems when they retain substantial portion of profits, as they will not be able
to pay dividends to shareholders. It is therefore imperative that such firms do proper
planning to finance their increasing needs of working capital.
Sales depend upon demand conditions. Large number of firms experience seasonal and
cyclical fluctuations in the demand for their products and services. These business
variations affect the working capital requirement, specially the temporary working
capital requirement of the firm. When there is an upward swing in the economy ,sales
will increase correspondingly , the firm’s investment in inventories and debtors will also
increase. Under boom additional investment in fixed assets may be made by some firms
to increase their productive capacity. This act of firms will require additions of working
capital. To meet their requirements of funds for fixed assets and current assets under
boom period firms generally resort to substantial borrowing. On the other hand when
there is decline in the economy sales will fall and consequently, levels of inventories and
debtors will also fall under recession firm try to reduce their short term borrowings.
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Seasonal fluctuations not only affect working capital requirement but also create
production problems for the firms. During peak periods of demand increasing
production may be expensive for the firm. Similarly it will be more expensive during the
slack periods when the firm has to sustain its working force and physical facilities
without adequate production and sales. A firm may thus follow a policy of level
production irrespective of seasonal changes in order to utilize its resources to the fullest
extent. Such a policy will mean accumulation of inventories during off season and their
quick disposal during the peak season.
The increasing level of inventories during the slack season will require increasing funds
to be tied up in the working capital for some months. Unlike cyclical fluctuations,
seasonal fluctuations generally conform to a steady pattern. Therefore financial
arrangements for seasonal working capital requirements can be made in advance.
The manufacturing cycle comprise of the purchase and use of raw materials and the
production of finished goods. Longer the manufacturing cycle ,larger will be the firms
working capital requirements therefore the technological process with the shortest
manufacturing cycle may be chosen once a manufacturing technology has been
selected, it should be ensured that manufacturing cycle must be completed within the
specified period. This needs proper planning and coordination at all levels of activity.
Any delay in the manufacturing process will result in the accumulation of WIP and
waste of time. In order to minimize their investment in working capital, some firms,
specifically those manufacturing industrial products have a policy of asking for advance
payments from their customers. Non manufacturing firms services and financial
enterprises do not have a manufacturing cycle.
CREDIT POLICY
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The credit policy of the firm affects the working capital by influencing the level of
debtors. The credit terms to be granted to customers may depend upon the norms of the
industry to which the firm belongs. But a firm has the flexibility of shaping its credit
policy within the constraint of industry norms and practices. The firm should use
discretion in granting credit terms to its customers. Depending upon the individual case
different terms may be given to different customers. A liberal credit policy without
rating the credit worthiness of customers will be detrimental to the firm and will create
a problem of collection later on. The firm should be prompt in making collections. A
high collection period will mean tie up of large funds in debtors. Slack collection
procedures can increase the chance of bad debts. In order to ensure that unnecessary
funds are not tied up in debtors, the firm should follow a rationalized credit policy based
on the credit standing of customers and other relevant factors. The firm should evaluate
the credit standing of new customers and periodically review the credit worthiness of
the existing customers. The case of delayed payments should be thoroughly
investigated.
The working capital requirements of a firm are also affected by credit terms granted by
its suppliers. A firm will needless working capital if liberal credit terms are available to it
from suppliers. Suppliers’ credit finances the firm’s inventories and reduces the cash
conversion cycle. In the absence of suppliers’ credit the firm will borrow funds for bank.
The availability of credit at reasonable cost from banks is crucial. It influences the
working capital policy of the firm. A firm without the suppliers’ credit, but which can get
bank credit easily on favourable conditions, will be able to finance its inventories and
debtors without much difficulty.
OPERATING EFFICIENCY
The operating efficiency of the firm relates to the optimum utilization of all its resources
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at minimum costs. The efficiency in controlling operating costs and utilizing fixed and
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current assets leads to operating efficiency. The use of working capital is improved and
pace of cash conversion cycle is accelerated with operating efficiency. Better utilization
of resources improves profitability and thus helps in releasing the pressure on working
capital. Although it may not be possible for a firm to control prices of materials or wages
of labour it can certainly ensure efficient and effective utilization of materials labour and
other resources.
The increasing shift in price level make functions of financial manager difficult.
He should anticipate the effect of price level changes on working capital requirement of
the firm. Generally rising price levels will require a firm to maintain a higher amount of
working capital. Same levels of current assets will need increased investment when
prices are increasing. However, companies that can immediately revise their product
prices with rising price levels will not face a severe working capital problem. Further,
Firms will feel effects of increasing general price level differently as prices of individual
Products move differently. Thus, it is possible that some companies may not be affected
by rising prices while others may be badly hit.
Cash flows in a cycle into, around and out of a business. It is the business's life blood
and every manager's primary task is to help keep it flowing and to use the cash flow to
generate profits. If a business is operating profitably, then it should, in theory, generate
cash surpluses. If it doesn't generate surpluses, the business will eventually run out of
cash and expire. The faster a business expands, the more cash it will need for working
capital and investment. The cheapest and best sources of cash exist as working capital
right within business. Good management of working capital will generate cash will help
improve profits and reduce risks. Bear in mind that the cost of providing credit to
customers and holding stocks can represent a substantial proportion of a firm's total
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profits. There are two elements in the business cycle that absorb cash - Inventory
(stocks and work-in-progress) and Receivables (debtors owing you money). The main
sources of cash are Payables (your creditors) and Equity and Loans.
Each component of working capital (namely inventory, receivables and payables) has
two dimensions ........ TIME ......... and MONEY. When it comes to managing working
capital - TIME IS MONEY. If you can get money to move faster around the cycle (e.g.
collect monies due from debtors more quickly) or reduce the amount of money tied up
(e.g. reduce inventory levels relative to sales), the business will generate more cash or it
will need to borrow less money to fund working capital. As a consequence, you could
reduce the cost of bank interest or you'll have additional free money available to support
additional sales growth or investment. Similarly, if you can negotiate improved terms
with suppliers e.g. get longer credit or an increased credit limit, you effectively create
free finance to help fund future sales
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If You ....... Then ......
It can be tempting to pay cash, if available, for fixed assets e.g. computers, plant,
vehicles etc. If you do pay cash, remember that this is now longer available for working
capital. Therefore, if cash is tight, consider other ways of financing capital investment -
loans, equity, leasing etc. Similarly, if you pay dividends or increase drawings, these are
cash outflows and, like water flowing down a plug hole, they remove liquidity from the
business
Management Of Cash
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Management Of Sundry Debtors
Management Of Inventory
CASH MANAGEMENT
Cash is an important current asset for the operation of the business. Cash is the basic
input needed to keep the business running on a continuation basis. It is also the
ultimate output realized by selling the services or product manufactured by the firm.
Cash is the most liquid of all the current assets. Higher cash and bank balance indicate
high liquidity position in lower profitability, as ideal cash fetches no return. Thus a
major function of finance manager is maintaining sound cash position.
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FACTORS AFFECTING CASH REQUIREMENT
In B.H.E.L., the centralized cash credit system is followed. From 24-07-75 all the
banking transactions of the company have been centralized at corporate office, New
Delhi. Under this system all the sales proceeds of the units are deposited in a centralized
account. This account number is universal for all the units of ROD’s. They have to
deposit the sales process if this account withdraws money from it. Only the corporate
office operates it. For meeting day to day expenses, the units have to prepare the
estimates of such expenses, which are then sent to corporate office weekly or monthly,
or both. At unit level, the cash budget is prepared on yearly basis for estimating the
expected cash inflows and outflows. The yearly budget is broken down into monthly and
weekly intervals. The inflows and outflows and estimated on following basis.
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The only source of cash inflow for unit is corporate office. The sale proceeds cannot be
directly utilized. Based on the above requisitions, the corporate office allocates the
funds.
For cash credit, corporate office will negotiate with consortium of Bank for total cash
credit required for the company as the whole. A consortium deed for hypothecation of
stocks and stores of company is executed by corporate office. All the information,
documents etc. required in this connection will be called for by the corporate office from
the division. Arrangements have been already been made by the State Bank of India,
HDFC Bank, Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda and Indian Overseas Bank for centralizing
total cash credit limits at New Delhi. Under this scheme, the units have finished the
required information under the following documents. The units will send estimated,
monthly cash flow statement to the corporate office by 18th of every month. Based on
these cash flow statements, the corporate office will allocate the sub limits will be
transferred to the consortium of the bank by 25th of the month. The unit can utilize this
fund. The actual cash flow statement will be send to corporate office monthly i.e. 1st of
succeeding month. The units are also required to send the weekly report of daily bank
transactions to the corporate office. These reports shows the detail of daily debit and
credit transaction appearing in bankbook of the company, enabling the posting of
corporate bankbooks as well as verification of bank statement received from banks.
These reports are sent to corporate office on
1st (showing the transaction from 25th to 30th of the previous month)
8th (showing the transaction from 1st to 7th of the current month)
16th (Showing the transaction from 8th to 15th of the current month)
25th (showing the transaction from 16th to 21st of current month)
The units are required to send the comparative statement of estimated and annual cash
flow of the preceding month. This report will be sent quarterly after inter-unit
reconciliation meeting. The total interest payable on cash credit availed by corporate
office is to be allocated among the units in the ratio of utilization of funds. Thus cash
forecasting & budget are the principal tools of cash management. Forecasting helps
manager to know how much cash will be held in balance, to what extent the firm should
rely on banks financing and how much to invest in marketable securities.
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ADVANTAGES OF CENTRALIZED SYSTEM
1) Excess cash at various units can be effectively used for various purposes and
improvements.
2)Deficit of cash at various units can be sorted out through centralized cash system.
3) Idle cash at various units, may be noted or avoided.
Cash budget is the most significance device to plan for and control receipt and payment.
A cash budget is a summary statement of the firms expected cash inflows and outflows
over a projected time period. In B.H.E.L., cash management is centralized and is
controlled directly from corporate office, whatever requirement of fund is felt in BHEL,
Varanasi it is sent to the corporate office and corporate office disburse the funds
accordingly. Cash budget in BHEL, Varanasi is prepared on the basis of production
schedule, which is prepared after receiving customer’s orders at the beginning of the
year. There are two aspects of cash budget inflow and outflow. In flow of cash budget is
determined on the basis of receiving the customer’s orders and preparing production
schedule. Outflow is determined on the basis of requirement of raw materials, payment
of taxes and duties, interest on borrowings etc. Outflow in cash budget is categorized
into operation and non-operation outflow consist of capital expenditure, exchange
variations and supplier’s credit. Thus after determining the budgeted estimates of inflow
and outflows, cash budget is prepared at the beginning of the year. The distribution of
cash is determined on monthly basis in every month of that year. In the last quarter of
the year cash budget is received and the last estimates are calculated and fixed.
Monitoring of cash budget is done though management information system.
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RECEIVABLE MANAGEMENT
Customers arising from sale of goods or services define the term receivable as debt owed
to the firm in the ordinary course of business. Receivable constitute a substantial
position of current assets. Granting credit and creating debtors amount to the blocking
of firm’s fund. The interval between the date of sale and date of payment has to be
financed out of working capital. Thus trader’s debtors represent investment.
Business firm generally sell goods on credit to facilitate sales. When a firm makes an
ordinary sale of goods on services and does not receive payment, the firm grant trade
credit and create accounts receivable that would be collected in the future.
1) Capital Cost
When a firm maintains receivables, there is a time lag between the sales of good and
payments by the customers. Mean while, the firm has to pay to the employees and to the
suppliers of raw materials. These payments are made by the use of traditional capital
which alternatively could be
profitably employed elsewhere.
2) Collection Cost
These are costs, which the firm has to in for collection of the amounts at the appropriate
time from the customers.
3) Administrative Cost
In the process of maintaining receivable company incurs some administrative expenses
in the form of salaries to clerks who maintain records of debtors, expenses on
investigating the credit worthiness of debtors etc.
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4) Default Cost
When customers make default in payments, not only the collection effort has to be
increased but the firm may also have to incur losses due to bad debts.
OBJECTIVE OF RECEIVABLE MANAGEMENT
The objective of receivable management is to promote sales and profits until that point
is reached where return on investment in future funding of receivables is less than cost
of funds raised to finance that additional credit.
Credit Policy Credit Policy of a firm can be regarded as a kind of trade-off between
increased credit sales leading to increase in profit and the cost of having large amount of
fund locked up in the form of receivables and loss due to incidence of bad debts. The
variables associated with credit policy are: -
Credit Standards are criteria to decide the type of customers to whom goods could be
sold on credit.
Credit Terms specify duration of credit and terms of payment by customers.
Collection Efforts determine the actual collection period. The lower the collection
period, the lower is the investment in accounts receivable and vice versa.
The main products of BHEL are heavy industrial goods with long operating cycle. BHEL
grants liberal terms regarding trade credit to lure the potential customers to buy its
product at favorable selling prices. To utilize its excess capacity, BHEL is granting
liberal trade credit terms to its customers. The main customers of BHEL are Railways,
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Power Industries and other Private Parties. BHEL has overseas sales also. All the BHEL
units are having their commercial department. Commercial department and Regional
Operational Divisions (RDOs) primarily carry out the job of recovery from the
customers. The sales section of finance department also actively takes part in receivable
management by preparing and sending invoices and reminders to customers at
appropriate time. They take track of money received from customers as advances, as
against dispatch of finished goods and money recoverable on account of price variation
claims and conversion of deferred debts into debtors. This monitoring is done work
order wise. The aging schedule of customers also prepared which gives the regarding
period of outstanding balances.
The terms and conditions with the customers are finalized according to the credit policy
laid down by corporate office BHEL. However deviations are permitted with the due
approval from corporate office.
While lying down of credit policy by head office, industry conditions are taken into
consideration. Seeing huge investment in execution of work order, BHEL demands
considerable payment in advance in different phases of completion of work i.e. erection,
installation, commissioning, maintenance etc. Despite all these BHEL is presently facing
cash crunch because a major chunk of BHEL’s customers consists of government bodies,
which are very casual in clearance of dues.
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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Inventory constitutes the most significant part of the current assets of the large
majorities of the companies in India. On an average, inventories are approximately 60%
of current assets in public limited companies in India. Inventories are stock of the
product, a company is manufacturing for sale and components that make up the
product. The various forms in which inventories exist in manufacturing company are
raw material; work in process and finished goods.
The level of above mentioned three kinds of inventories for a firm depend on the nature
of its business. Manufacturing firm will have substantially high level of all three kinds of
inventories, while a retail or wholesale firm will have a very high level of finished goods
inventories and raw material and work in process inventories. In a manufacturing firm
the level of inventory depends on the operating cycle. A manufacturing firm with a long
operating cycle has to maintain a high inventory level.
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3. Speculative Motive: - It influence the decision of the firm to increase or decrease
inventory level to take advantage of price fluctuations.
COST ASSOCIATED WITH INVENTORY HOLDING
There are five costs associated with inventory holding. Of these, three are direct costs
that are immediately connected to buying and holding goods and other two are indirect
costs, which are losses of revenues. These costs of holding inventories are: -
1. To maintain a large size of inventory for efficient and smooth production and sales
operation
2. To maintain a minimum investment in inventories to maximize profitability. The
effective management of inventory involves a tradeoff between having too little and
much more inventory.
The firm should always avoid a situation of over investment or under investment in
inventories.
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(iv) Physical deterioration of inventory during storage. Maintaining an inadequate level
is also dangerous.
Thus the aim of inventory management should be to avoid excessive and inadequate
level of inventories and to maintain sufficient inventory for the smooth production and
sales operations. Efforts should be made to place an order at the right time with right
source to acquire the right quantity ant the right price and quality.
3. Receipt and Custody- For the proper inventory control on receipt of materialin
store, quality control department checks the material as per specification. The cost
section fills details of all the purchase by issuing store receipt voucher and material
issue voucher.
4. Issue -After receiving the material and storing, the management keeps the
information whether these material are being issued to desired destination. Full record
of every issuing of material is kept for the proper inventory control.
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5. Accounting -The record of every transaction regarding the use of material in every
department is kept. These records give the overall view of how and where inventories
have been used.
(i)ABC analysis
(ii) Slow moving and non-moving goods analysis.
(iii) Budgeting material requirements
(iv) Fixation of raw material levels
(v) Variety reduction
(vi) Codification of materials
(vii) Control of work in progress
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category. It represents 10% of degree of control and accurate planning. B category
requires moderate control. As ‘C’ category represents low usage value, much importance
is to pay on its control. Also the planning and control cost incurred for this category will
be greater than their total cost.
The advantages of this system are —
Slow Moving Stock – Material which have low turnover are classified as slow moving
stock. In BHEL an item is regarded as slow moving one, if turnover ratio is less than
10%. Non-Moving Stocks-- These items have no immediate demand but may be
required in future. Here the items, which are not consumed since two years, are
regarded as non-moving stock or dead inventory. This category includes mainly directly
chargeable items. These items having turnover ratio of 10% or more are fast moving
items and such acquire more importance.
(i) Store Receipt Voucher this is issued when raw material purchased reaches the
store. It is issued by store in charge.
(ii) Material Issued Voucher this is an authorization to the storekeeper to issue raw
material. Any material ordered for a specific work order will be recorded on MIV details
of material requisition is entered on the Bin card.
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(iii) Material Return Note this is an authorization to the storekeeper regarding raw
material, finished parts or other stores no longer required by the factory. The various
stock records and cost accounts are adjusted in due course from the details given on the
form.
(iv) Material Transfer Note This is issued when the material booked to one
particular order is transferred to another work order.
(v) Material is kept in appropriate bin and draws. For each kind of material a bin card
is maintained showing details. A bin card assists the storekeeper to control the stock.
The bin card incorporates all information viz. opening balance of materials, materials
ordered, materials allocated and closing balance of materials. As a result the bin card
shows the full cycle of material like the order of few supplies, allocation of material to
jobs, receipt and issued of material, stock in hand and balance available.
RATIO ANALYSIS
Meaning of ratio
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Ratio as a tool of financial analysis provides symptoms with the help of which
an analyst is in a position to diagnose the financial health of the unit. Financial analysis
can be compared with biopsy conducted by the doctor on the patient in order to
diagnose the cases of illness so that treatment may be prescribed to the patient to help
in recover. As there are different groups of interested parties so significance to them are
different.
MANAGEMENT
SHAREHOLDERS
The shareholders, the virtual owners of business corporate units have an interest in the
welfare and progress of business. They want to know about the profitability and future
prospects of the enterprise. The requisite information is available from the analysis of
financial statements.
WORKERS
Employees of the business are interested in the profit of business. Workers in the
business are paid bonus on the basis of productivity and profitability, so they have an
interest in the financial analysis of the business.
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CREDITORS
Creditors of the enterprise are interested in the short term and long term financial
soundness of the business. They want to ensure themselves, whether their funds are safe
and secure and the business is capable of making payment of interest regularly.
The following, easily calculated, ratios are important measures of working capital
utilization.
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RATIO ANALYSIS OF BHEL
CURRENT ASSET
CURRENT LIABILITY
31-03-2009
CU 31-03-2010
RRENT RATIO
9031
CURRENT ASSET 15855
4476
CURRENT LIABILITY 7252
2.017
RATIO 2.186
QUICK RATIO
( Rs in lakhs)
C.A.-INVENTORY
C.L.
31-03-2009
QUICK RATIO 31-03-2010
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4629
C.A.-INVENTORY 10027
4476
CURRENT LIABILITY 7252
1.034
RATIO 1.382
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RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
There is a great need for effective management of working capital in any firm. There is
no precise way to determine the exact amount of gross or net working capital for any
firm. The data and problems of each company should be analyzed to determine the
working capital. There is no specific rule as to how current assets should be financed. It
is not feasible in practice to finance current assets by short-term sources only. Keeping
in view the constraints of the company, a judicious mix of short and long term finances
should be invested in current assets. Since current assets involve cost of funds they
should be put to productive use.
➢ Due to order base work in unit the inventories are determined after the order is
received. It takes time to inform the requirement for the inventories to higher
authority .unit should arrange the raw material in advance which may reduce the
time and leads to overcome the outstanding orders problem and defiantly help in
the expansion of capacity production..
➢ Outstanding orders of recent past years are in increasing mode these orders
should be minimize as far as possible. It shows the capacity of production of any
company but with reference of past data available with us the production
turnover is also increasing thus it clearly seems that the order receiving one in
financial year is somewhere higher than increased production capacity.
➢ Storage capacity should be made more reliable so that the storage of materials
can be made in safe manner which leads to faster production.
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CONCLUSION
Any change in the working capital will have an effect on a business's cash flows.
A positive change in working capital indicates that the business has paid out cash, for
in working capital will have a negative effect on the business's cash holding. However, a
negative change in working capital indicates lower funds to pay off short term liabilities
(current liabilities), which may have bad repercussions to the future of the company.
The Company is focusing strict eye watch on cash management now days.
The WC is also showing an increasing trend which is attributed to the increasing
profits.
The Current and Quick ratio are around 2.18 and 1.38 respectively indicating that
the firm is highly liquid and would be able to meet its short term liabilities
effectively.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
REFERENCE BOOKS
WEBSITE
www.bhel.com
www.indianinfoline.com
NEWSPAPERS
Economic Times of India
The Hindu
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