A Cash Management in a Supper Market Store (a Case Study of Cash Management in a Supper Market Store)
Chapter One
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
Cash flow management is principally concerned like any other management process of planning and control. Although cash is the most vulnerable assets to theft in a firm, it is a surprising that there is completed lack of formalized cash management in many industries today, while some industries prepares cash budget at the beginning of their financial year without any following control mechanism and more over actual performance are not corresponding with the budget at the close of the period. Others rely on monthly bank reconciliation statement, which are often prepared late for management and management hardly see the weakness or breakdown in cash management system until cash problem arise.
- Therefore the purpose or the intention of the researcher is to a To find out how short supply of cash is disrupted the normal flow of operation of the industry.
- To ascertain the extend to which cash manager find it very difficult in timing of receipts and payment.
- To find out whether if the idle cash not invested will have any effect in the industry.
- To determine how loss on the opportunity of earning interest and the risk of keeping the liquid assets affect the effectiveness of the industry.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
Literature review is the critical study of the previous and related work or studies one in the researcher’s area of interest.
The researcher reviewed the already existing and current literature on this topic as well as other related literature in order of the following headings.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS/HYPOTHESIS, MODELS THEORIES
According to Eze (1999), in his book practical approach to research methods and statistics, research questions that need to be answer if the study is to be properly completed. Research questions are not very different from purpose of the study but they are stated in the form of question.
Therefore, research question, as concern on area of cash flow management cannot be overemphasized as stated below but it would be in models/theories form.
Adequate cash needed to meet the firm’s payment or bill provided by the industry. Amount of idle cash or surplus cash held by the firm should be minimized and should be invested in order to yield interest. In managing cash the firm should evolve strategies that will help in managing cash inflow and outflow of industries. Management of industry should monitor over cash outflows such as purchases, salaries and wages etc. so that the cash posture of the company will not adversely be affected. Management should guard jealously over its most liquid and important resources.
According to Egbuonu (2004) in her handout on research methodology, research hypothesis is a tentative answer to a research question. It is an intelligent guess of an answer to the research question, which is subject to test. Research hypothesis is used when expressing a relationship between two or more variable.
A hypothesis can be stated in two ways:
- Null form – is that denoted by Ho, it is observed and expected frequently agree with one another.
- Alternative form – it is denoted by Hi, is that they do not agree.
The research hypotheses in research area of interest are as follows;
- Ho adequate cash flow management is needed to put and to continue a company on a sound business path.
- Hi adequate cash flow management is needed to put and to continue a company on a sound path.
- Hi a positive cash flow avails a business investment opportunities.
CURRENT LITERATURE ON THEORIES
All company whether large or small receive and disburse certain amount of cash in transacting business. For a firm to have sufficient cash at the time of need require good and efficient cash management because cash inflows and outflows do not normally coincides. Thus to ensure that proper time, sufficient liquidity of current asset should be maintained.
The essence of cash or near cash items (marketable securities) is to meet the firm’s current liabilities. However, determining the optimum cash level involves fundamental decision with respect to the firm liquidity and its cash balance meaning, that the firms forgo opportunities to earn interest while low level of cash would weaken the firm’s liquidity position
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter consist of the design of the study, area of the study, population of the study, sample of the study, instrument for data collection, validation of the instrument, distribution of the instrument and method of data analysis etc.
DESIGN OF THE STUDY
Research design is a plan which specifies how data relating to a particular research problem can be collected and analyzed. The researcher considered the research design using sample and sampling technique.
AREA OF THE STUDY
On this topic the area of study is pal Breweries ltd, oko, Ananbra state, Nigerian. The company is situated in a very good position where they are having many customers and also where the operation will be helpful to the aspiration of the massage.
POPULATION OF THE STUDY
in the accounting department, there chief accountant, assistant accountant, supervisor 1 and 11, accounting assistant, account clerk wages clerk and cashier etc. while in other departments they are several staffs but the researcher focus attention only on the accounting department where she finds suitable that will yield enough information in the area of her interest.
Therefore, the total number of staffs of pal Breweries lid oko 100 excluding other department which by virtue of their position information from them may not be accurate, validate and reliable for the purpose of this research.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ATA ANALYSIS
This chapter is concern with the organization and analysis of data obtained from the research questionnaires, verification of historical records, observation and personal interview administered to the members of staff of pall breweries ltd oko.
Management substantiates the viability of a business concern and it avail the business concern of expansion and investment opportunities.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, RECOMMENDETION AND CONCLUSION.
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
As our economy has been restricted, one of the conduct lesson to be taught and leant by business is the effective and efficient allocation and utilization of resources, which is becoming increasing difficult to overcome.
It is therefore, a tourism to observe that the business of tomorrow is one that is efficiently run today.
The study revealed the following among others:
- The bulk of the company receipt are derived from the company sales (both cash and credit) this is made the company to be considerably self reliance for the period reviewed. Although, loans and over draft facilities were employed in the time past.
- Industry production and equipment maintenance are major expenses incurred by the company on the regular basis.
- The management of the company is completely in control of the movement of fund within and outside the company.
- The actors in the industries prefer to reinvest in their business other than investing in a new business.
- Management does not see investment in marketable security as an important way of using idle cash. They however, prefer to put idle cash into fixed deposit account to yield constant interest.
- There is peak sales and production period. The peak period is usually during the dry season. This is because nature favours breweries during this period.
- The company does not match cost with benefit in its handling of surplus cash.
- There is accelerated inflow deceleration of out flows. The former is achieved by making much cash sales than credit sales with result in little or no bad debts.
- It was also discovered that the firm does not actually maintain optimum cash balance though, they keep cash balance what is time , it cannot be regarded as optimum cash balance what is known as the cash balance in the company is the sum of the bank credit and cash held at the office. Thus seasonal fluctuations and the of sales determines the cash balance which as can be imagined, varies from time to time.
- The company does not maintain minimum cash balance.
RECOMMENATION
Based on the findings, knowledge and the opinion of literature concerning the research topic and the case study, I would like to tender the following suggestion and recommendations:
- management should as a matter of urgency necessity frame a cash policy statement that will clearly pin point what the company policy is regarding.
- Access cash surplus cash
- Investment in marketable security stock.
- Bank borrowing and overdraft.
- Minimum and optimum cash balance.
Without cash clear-out policy statement the measurement of performance as a means of co-coordinating and controlling the operation of the cash management progrmme would be difficult and inconsistent.
- The company should endeavor to use the combination of financial ratio and experience in solving its liquidity problems comparing company’s financial performance with what is operational in the entire industries.
- It is the opinion of this study that the company pals breweries industries limited Oko in Orumba North, Anambra State. Employed out of its cash flow activities.
CONCLUSION
From this research work it is clear, that whatever the size of an organization be, procedures is needed to be adopted to ensure that the best use of cash and other financial resources are in operation.
A proper management of cash flow is necessary for any business to live. A business could be doing well today but fails tomorrow if cash flow not properly managed.
The absence of the user of accounting rations makes it difficult to determine cash deficiency and the company liquidity position throughout the year as regard its current assets and liabilities.
The over reliance on the cash from sales could mean doom for the company when sales fails greatly. Other sources of revenues are necessary if the business must remain healthy at all times.
Therefore, it is very important for any business that wants to continue in perpetrating to adequately and properly manage its cash flows.
SUGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
This study does not end here due to some certain constraint that limiting it such as time, finance and ill equipment school library e.t.c had been a merely constraint to carry on this research work, any body who find this topic useful can further it.
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