Working Capital Management Simulation
Students step into the role of a CFO to optimise working capital and prepare a company for expansion, making real-world decisions across cash flow, operations, and risk to determine if the business is truly ready to grow.
Simulation Overview
The Working Capital Management Simulation provides a hands-on experience in financial decision-making within a growing business preparing for expansion.
Students take on the role of a CFO and work through a two-stage scenario. In Round 1, they optimise core working capital areas - accounts payable, receivables, and inventory - using key metrics such as DSO, DPO, DIO, and the cash conversion cycle. In Round 2, the company is considering expansion, and students must make a series of strategic decisions across suppliers, customers, inventory, and risk to assess financial readiness.
The simulation develops students’ ability to balance growth, liquidity, and risk, and culminates in a final recommendation on whether the company should expand, expand with caution, or delay expansion.
Key Features
Duration
2 - 4 hours
Ideal for
Undergraduate, Postgraduate and MBA students
Pre-requisites
Beginners
Approach
Adaptive learning by doing in a competitive team setting
Grading
Simulator provides assessment data to grade students
Instructions
Explained by videos, case studies, pop-up windows
Real-time feedback and scores
Provided by simulator
Facilitator
Simulator runs by itself (coaching is optional)
Clocks, rules and validation
Managed by the simulator
Location
Online, in-classroom or hybrid
Pricing
Per participant, valid for 50+ students
| Currency | DIY | Primed | Guided | Facilitated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | USD 29 | USD 39 | USD 49 | USD 59 |
| EUR | EUR 29 | EUR 35 | EUR 39 | EUR 52 |
| GBP | GBP 25 | GBP 29 | GBP 35 | GBP 45 |
Creators of the Working Capital Management Simulation
The following industry professionals were involved from the beginning in the inception, creation, development, testing, and optimization of the simulation.
Investment Professional, HPS Investment Partners, Gerhard Wortche.
VC Investor, Raushan Kretschmar.
Ex Finance Director, Precomp Tools, Aatmay Upponi.
Leveraged Finance specialist, Morgan Stanley, SMBC, and Citi, Georgi Naydenov.
Facilitator Resources
Concepts
- Working Capital Management
- Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC)
- Accounts Payable Management
- Accounts Receivable Management
- Inventory Management
- DSO, DPO, and DIO
- Liquidity Management
- Supplier Strategy
- Customer Credit Policy
- Collections Strategy
- Inventory Optimisation
Learning Outcomes
- Understand how working capital decisions impact cash flow, profitability, and operational performance.
- Analyse and interpret key working capital metrics such as DSO, DPO, DIO, CCC, turnover ratios, and liquidity indicators.
- Evaluate trade-offs between growth, liquidity, profitability, and risk.
- Develop practical approaches to managing supplier relationships, customer credit, and inventory levels.
- Assess the impact of strategic decisions on financial readiness for expansion.
- Improve financial judgement and decision-making under operational constraints.
- Understand how CFOs balance short-term liquidity needs with long-term value creation.
- Make and justify strategic recommendations based on financial performance and risk exposure.
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Join this 20-minute webinar, followed by a Q&A session, to immerse yourself in the simulation.