Guide to Management Accounting CCC (Cash Conversion Cycle) for Managers

Cash is King

After the unprecedented financial crisis Lehman shock on September 15, 2008 and the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, WHO has announced the new coronavirus was equivalent to a pandemic (a global epidemic) on March 11, 2020.

The era of VUCA (since the 2010s)

VUCA is an acronym made from Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity, and represents the modern chaotic economic environment. In other words, it means "unpredictable state". In addition, global warming and environmental issues are the most important and urgent issues for ESG and SDSs.

Under these circumstances, what is most needed is the ability to respond to change by making use of the wisdom from past failed experiences and successful experiences.

In order to build a corporate structure that can respond to changes, it is necessary to manage the points of change with a narrower pitch than target management.

To that end, it is an urgent task to align common operation cycles on a weekly basis, chain conventional management indicators (financial indicators and non-financial indicators), and carry out cockpit management with the idea of ​​a balanced scorecard.

This book explains CCC by comparing it with Japan, the US, and Europe using the latest 3 yeras (12 quarters) financial results figures (end of March 2020) that can be grasped at the time of publication. This is a must-have book for business owners as a guide to improving asset efficiency.