Your critical numbers
The Covid-19 crisis has created a “new normal” for businesses. Traditional ways of working are being challenged and we now need to innovate, adapt, re-engineer, and reinvent the way we work. Lockdown gave us time to consider our options, but two important questions...
Critical numbers – Your stock turn
If you sell stock or inventory, it’s essential you understand stock turn and how to increase it. Slow-moving, obsolete, or ‘dead’ stock will seriously reduce both your cashflow and your ability to increase your profit. The longer stock takes to sell, the longer you...
Critical numbers – Your lock up days
Your lock up days is the number of days it takes to convert your debtors, stock and work in progress into cash. The higher your lock up days, the more cash is needed in the business (either from you or the bank), and the higher the risk of losing that cash. Worse,...