Cash is tied up in suppliers, customers, stocks and assets. In difficult times companies stop ordering, reduce stocks throughout their supply chain and put production to a halt in order to free up cash. This brings great risk of losing the ability to deliver your customers on time in full and could also damage relationships with your customers and suppliers. You will be in bad shape when markets pick up again.

BearingPoint helps you determine how and where to cut in order to stay in shape and ready for the upswing with a solid approach for each area:

• How to reduce inventory and improve availability by improving planning mechanisms, stock parameters and controls.
  
• How to reduce days sales outstanding (DSO) by improving Order to Cash processes and using smart tools, controls and techniques.
  
• How to reduce cash outstanding in purchases by implementing effective buying processes, conditions and controls.