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Canadian Solutions To Your Working Capital Management And Cash Flow Loan Needs
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| Guest post by: Stan Prokop |
Article Overview: Information on 5 working capital solutions for cash flow loan needs and why these solutions will address your cash flow challenges . 5 Immediate Solutions To Working Capital Success
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Canadian Solutions To Your Working Capital Management And Cash Flow Loan Needs
Are there real world solutions to your business working capital management challenges? Is there a solution to your cash flow needs? Is that type of loan even available?
Today we'll be the finance doctor and we'll start y asking you if you have any of these symptoms : Is your firm growing too quickly , to the point where you are forced to focus on daily cash flow needs almost all the time . And are you also finding that you seem to be selling more and making less, from a net profit or income perspective. Do you even have a cash flow budget in place that allows you to assess your supplier payables, and lastly, but certainly not least and perhaps most serious... are you finding it unable to make certain loan or term obligations that your busines has?
It would appear to us, clearly, that you require a ' prescription ' for those symptoms, and that prescription is simply a working capital solution that works specifically for your firm.
Expanding too quickly allows you to stay ahead of the competition of course, but brings with it something the finance folks call ' overtrading ' which is a cash conversion cycle of negativity when those commitments we referred to cant be made because of the high investment in receivables, inventory, and fixed assets you have made to grow your business .
In other words you have the assets, but they are all tied up, leading to a case of poor liquidity. And we must be honest here; if you didn't have the assets or sales potential there is almost no way we can help. So your ability to bring liquidity and monetize your assets focuses strongly on identifying how you are able to convert assets to cash.
So, never the ones to be accused of just talking abut the problems, lets talk about the solutions we spoke of.
It always comes down to current assets, so you require a solution to be able to monetize sales quickly, and convert A/R and inventory in working capital management success.
In Canada your alternatives are several, and quite frankly these would apply to almost any business anywhere. Many clients that come to us focus on what they term a ' cash flow loan '. Is that available, yes... is it recommended maybe. It's a term loan for permanent working capital. Naturally that comes with more debt and fixed interest payments, so that is many times not an optimal solution.
Our preferred solutions to the working capital management challenge are the following: Confidential invoice financing, asset based lending, purchase order financing, and inventory financing. These solutions come in a variety of combinations depending on the size of your working capital requirement, as well, as the general financial profile of your business - i.e. are you currently financial challenged , or are all aspects of your business simply great . (It's rarely the latter when we talk to clients.
In summary, investigate the benefits and mechanics of the 5 solutions we have outlined. Determine which ones work for your firm, and speak to a trusted, credible and experienced business financing advisor on your ability to secure in short order the cash flow and working capital you need to run your business successfully.
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About the Author: Stan Prokop RSS for Stan's articles - Visit Stan's website Stan Prokop is the founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial . The firm specializes in business financing for Canadian companies in the areas of working capital , asset based lending, SR & ED tax credit financing, equipment financing, franchise financing and banking .
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