Mastering Net Working Capital – From Insight to Impact

Why it’s time to rethink Net Working Capital

NWC used to be treated as a financial KPI. Today, it’s much more: It reflects how well a business can react to change, balance liquidity and keep operations running smoothly even under pressure.
But while the levers are well known (reduce inventory, accelerate receivables, extend payables), few companies achieve sustainable success. Too often, processes are siloed, data is unreliable, and inventory is seen as a safety net instead of what it really is: tied-up capital.
 

What you’ll find in the Strategy Paper

In this paper, we share how leading companies achieve 15–30% working capital improvements within just 6 to 12 months not by working harder, but by working smarter. We combine hands-on project experience with advanced analytics and a proven approach to help you:

• break internal silos,
• create transparency with the right tools and data,

• and build routines that stick.

   

From strategic process redesign to cultural change, we outline a clear roadmap to embed NWC excellence into your daily business.

5 Key Takeaways

• Process Excellence: Align planning and processes across teams and make NWC part of day-to-day decisions.
• Data Enablement: Build a reliable, real-time data foundation for better forecasting, faster decisions and predictive control.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Break silos between procurement, sales, finance and supply chain and optimise working capital end-to-end.
• Operational Governance: Turn S&OP into a control hub for NWC with defined KPIs, dashboards and escalation routines.
• Cultural Shift: Change the way teams think about inventory and liquidity by embedding ownership into leadership and operations.