StretchLearn Course

Stop Letting Growth Drain Your Bank Account

The cash conversion cycle, the three levers that drive it, and the forecast and financing that keep a growing business liquid.

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Beginner9 hr 45 minSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

This course takes a complete beginner from a vague sense that money is tight to running working capital as a disciplined, measurable system. You will calculate days sales outstanding, days inventory outstanding, and days payable outstanding, combine them into the cash conversion cycle, and translate every day of that cycle into real dollars locked up in the business. From there you will build collections systems, economic order quantity and ABC inventory control, payables strategy that protects supplier relationships, a rolling 13-week cash forecast, and the right mix of lines of credit, invoice factoring, and supplier terms to bridge the gap. Every module is built on worked examples, real benchmarks, and the specific decisions an owner or finance manager makes to keep the business liquid while it grows.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

Calculate the cash conversion cycle from DSO, DIO, and DPO and translate it into dollars of trapped cash

Build an accounts receivable system that shortens DSO with credit policy, terms, and disciplined collections

Control inventory with ABC analysis, economic order quantity, reorder points, and turnover targets

Manage accounts payable to preserve cash without damaging supplier relationships or forfeiting discounts

Construct and maintain a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast to see and close funding gaps early

Select and size short-term financing, lines of credit, factoring, and supplier terms, to fund growth safely

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: Working Capital and the Cash Conversion Cycle

Understand what working capital really is, why a profitable company can still run out of cash, and how to measure the cash conversion cycle that ties up money between paying suppliers and collecting from customers.

3 lessons

What Working Capital Is and Why It Decides SurvivalContent · 45 min

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Measuring the Cash Conversion CycleContent · 55 min

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Reading Your Working Capital PositionContent · 45 min

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Module 2

Module 2: Accounts Receivable: Getting Paid Faster

Turn collections into a deliberate system, set credit policy and terms that protect cash, deploy disciplined follow-up, and measure receivables so DSO falls and bad debt stays small.

3 lessons

Credit Policy and Payment TermsContent · 50 min

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Invoicing and Collections SystemsContent · 50 min

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Measuring and Reducing DSOContent · 45 min

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Module 3

Module 3: Inventory: Holding Less, Selling More

Treat inventory as cash on a shelf, prioritize it with ABC analysis, size orders with economic order quantity and reorder points, and raise turnover so less cash is frozen in stock.

3 lessons

The True Cost of Holding InventoryContent · 45 min

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ABC Analysis and Demand PlanningContent · 50 min

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Order Quantities, Reorder Points, and Lean InventoryContent · 50 min

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Module 4

Module 4: Payables, Forecasting, and Funding Growth

Use accounts payable as a cash lever without burning suppliers, build a rolling 13-week cash forecast to see gaps early, choose the right short-term financing, and run the whole working-capital system together.

3 lessons

Managing Accounts Payable StrategicallyContent · 45 min

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The 13-Week Cash Flow ForecastContent · 55 min

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Financing the Gap and Running the SystemContent · 50 min

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Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

working capitalcash conversion cycleaccounts receivableinventory managementaccounts payablecash flow forecastingliquiditysmall business finance