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Cash Flow and Working Capital Management

Profitable businesses still fail when cash runs out. Forecasting cash with confidence, shortening the cash conversion cycle and releasing capital trapped in debtors, stock and supplier terms are the whole agenda, set against South African payment behaviour and the funding options actually available here.

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What you will be able to do

  • Build a thirteen week rolling cash flow forecast from operational inputs.
  • Calculate the cash conversion cycle and identify where cash is trapped.
  • Design a debtors collection process that reduces days sales outstanding without losing customers.
  • Set inventory policy that balances stockout risk against carrying cost.
  • Negotiate supplier and payment terms that improve liquidity sustainably.
  • Evaluate short term funding options including overdrafts, invoice discounting and trade facilities.

Course outline

  1. 01Why profit and cash diverge
  2. 02Building the short term cash forecast
  3. 03The cash conversion cycle explained
  4. 04Credit policy, collections and bad debt
  5. 05Inventory and supply chain cash impact
  6. 06Supplier terms and payables discipline
  7. 07Funding gaps and short term facilities

Who should attend

Financial managers, treasury and credit control staff, accounts receivable and payable supervisors, supply chain managers and owner managers of growing small and medium enterprises.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 30 Sep 2026Cape Town3R13,000Closed
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Durban3R13,000Register
30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
5 to 7 Oct 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
12 to 14 Oct 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
14 to 16 Oct 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Online3US$900Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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