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Submitted To: Submitted By:

Prof. R. Srinivasan Gulshan Sharma

FPG1113/021

IMPACT OF WORKING CAPITAL ON THE PROFITABILITY OF THE FIRM

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Table of Content

Topic.............................................................................................................................Page No.

Acknowledgement........................................................................................................ 3

Executive Summary...................................................................................................... 4

Company Profile........................................................................................................... 5

Introduction.................................................................................................................. 10

Objective...................................................................................................................... 19

Research Methodology................................................................................................ 19

Limitation..................................................................................................................... 19

Data Analysis............................................................................................................... 20

Findings....................................................................................................................... 30

Recommendations....................................................................................................... 31

References................................................................................................................... 32

Annexure......................................................................................................................33

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Acknowledgement

It is a matter of great satisfaction and pleasure to present this report on Impact of

Working Capital on the Profitability of firm: Maruti Suzuki India Limited.. I take this

opportunity to owe my thanks to all those involved in my training.

This project report could not have been completed without the guidance of our

director, Dr. D. Das & project guide Prof. S. Srinivasan. Their timely help & encouragement

helped me to complete this project successfully.

I thank Maruti Suzuki India Limited for providing me data to study.

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Executive Summary

Maruti Suzuki India Limited is top car manufacturing company of India started its

business in the year 1909 as Suzuki Loom Works and then was incorporated as Suzuki Motor

Corporation in the year 1920.

Suzuki today offers its customers a wide range of motorcycles, automobiles, outboard motors

and related products such as generators and motorized wheelchairs.

Suzuki's trademark is recognized throughout the world as a brand that offers high quality,

reliable and genuine products. Suzuki stands behind this global symbol with a determination

to maintain this confidence in the future as well, never stopping in creating such advanced

'value-packed' products.

My Project is the study of the impact of working capital on the profitability of the

firm.

Objective of my study is to find out:

The relationship between profitability and working capital.

Trend of working capital

During the project I collected the data from their website, www.moneycontrol.com, &

also made use of company annual reports. The data collected were then compiled, tabulated

and analyzed.

By studying about the company s different areas I came to know certain things like:

Inventory turnover ratio and Debtors turnover ratio is continuously increasing that

shows the increasing efficiency and better recovery.

Current liabilities of company are increasing very rapidly, so company has to focus on

this area.

Profit margin is going down as compared to earlier years.

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Company Profile:

Vision : “The Leader in the Indian Automobile Industry, Creating Customer Delight

and Shareholder’s Wealth; A pride of India.”

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL, formerly known as Maruti Udyog Limited) is a

subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan. MSIL has been the leader of the Indian car

market for over two and a half decades. The company has two manufacturing facilities

located at Gurgaon (going to be shifted to Gujrat very soon) and Manesar, south of New

Delhi, India. Both the facilities have a combined capability to produce over a 1.2 million

(1,200,000) vehicles annually.

The company plans to expand its manufacturing capacity to 1.75 million by 2013.

The company offers a wide range of cars across different segments. It offers 15

brands and over 150 variants - Maruti 800, people movers, Omni and Eeco, international

brands Alto, Alto-K10, A-star, WagonR, Swift, Ritz and Estilo, off-roader Gypsy, SUV

Grand Vitara, sedans SX4, Swift DZire and Kizashi. In an environment friendly initiative, in

August 2010 Maruti Suzuki introduced factory fitted CNG option on 5 models across vehicle

segments. These include Eeco, Alto, Estilo, Wagon R and Sx4.

In fiscal 2009-10 Maruti Suzuki became the only Indian company to manufacture and

sell One Million cars in a year.

Maruti Suzuki has employee strength over 8,500 (as at end March 2011)

In 2010-11, the company sold over 1.27 Mnvehicles including 1,38,266units of

exports. With this, at the end of March 2011, Maruti Suzuki had a market share of 44.9 per

cent of the Indian passenger car market.

Maruti Suzuki's revenue has grown consistently over the years.

(Rs. in Million)

Year Net Sales Year Net Sales

2005-06

2007-08

2009-10

1,20,034

1,78,603

3,01,198

2006-07

2008-09

2010-11

1,45,922

2,03,583

3,61,282

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Production Management System (PMS) is the next step towards moving ahead to

sustain the momentum. It is a strategy to achieve Manufacturing Excellence evolved through

participative approach. The system is people driven and ensures involvement of all levels

(Managers, Executives, and Supervisors).

The concept ensures participation and error free communication. The result is clarity

of content, better understanding and openness towards feedback. These values make PMS a

sustainable system. Having achieved the target of selling a million cars in the financial year

2009 - 2010, PMS has lead the production team towards greater enhanced productivity with

perfection.

PMS is derived from the basic Japanese principles of 5S, 3G and 3K

In order to bring an improvement in overall processes and systems in Production Division

through involvement of all levels, PMS was launched in Maruti Suzuki. Through various

phases of PMS the company embarked on its journey of bring in a) Clarity of Role, Non-

duplication of work, Ownership, Commitment and Standardization in all our process and

systems across the production division.

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Gurgaon Facility

Maruti Suzuki has two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities

in India. The first facility is at Gurgaon spread over 300 acres

and the other facility is at Manesar, spread over 600 acres in

North India.

Maruti Suzuki's facility in Gurgaon houses three fully integrated

plants. Together the three plant have an installed capacity of

around 700,000 units.

K- series Plant

The Gurgaon facilities also houses the 'K' Engine Plant.

Commissioned in 2008, the K-series engine plant has an

installed capacity of 500,000 units.

K-series engines are available in 1 litre and 1.2 litre capacities.

The highly fuel efficient, technologically advanced K series

engines have been very well appreciated by our customers for

their performance.

Several Maruti Suzuki cars such as the A-star, Estilo, Swift,

Swift Dzire, Ritz and WagonR sport the K-series engines.

Company has announced an investment of around Rs. 1250 crores to expand engine capacity

by 250,000 units by 2010.

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Manesar Facility

The state of the art Manesar facility was inaugurated in February

2007.

At present the Manesar plant rolls out World Strategic Models

Swift, A-star, SX4 and swift DZire.

There is a high degree of automation and robotic control in the

press shop, weld shop and paint shop to help manufacture with

acute precision, high quality and speed.

The Manesar plant is designed to be flexible: diverse car models

can be made here conveniently

owing to automatic tool changers, centralized weld control system and numerical control

machines that ensure high Quality.

The plant at Manesar is the company's fourth car assembly plant and has a capacity of

300,000 cars per year.

Company has announced an investment of Rs.1700 crores to expand its capacity by 250,000

units. The new facility is expected to be ready by 2011-12.

Suzuki Powertrain

Suzuki Powertrain India Limited is a joint

venture of Maruti Suzuki with Suzuki

Motor Corporation, Japan.at Manesar. It

manufactures world class diesel engines

and transmissions for cars.

SMC holds 70 per cent equity in SPIL the

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rest is held by Maruti Suzuki.

This diesel engine plant has a capacity to manufacture 300,000 diesel engines a year.

The company follows a partnership approach with its various stakeholders, and believes that

the prosperity and wellbeing of the stakeholders will fuel the growth of the company in the

future.

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Introduction:

Capital required for a business can be classified under two main categories via,

1) Fixed Capital

2) Working Capital

Every business needs funds for two purposes for its establishment and to carry out its

day- to-day operations. Long terms funds are required to create production facilities through

purchase of fixed assets such as plant and machinery, land, building, furniture, etc.

Investments in these assets represent that part of firm’s capital which is blocked on

permanent or fixed basis and is called fixed capital. Funds are also needed for short-term

purposes for the purchase of raw material, payment of wages and other day – to- day

expenses etc.

Every running business needs working capital. Even a business which is fully

equipped with all types of fixed assets required is bound to collapse without

(i) adequate supply of raw materials for processing;

(ii) cash to pay for wages, power and other costs;

(iii) creating a stock of finished goods to feed the market demand regularly;

(iv) the ability to grant credit to its customers.

All these require working capital. Working capital is thus like the lifeblood of a business. The

business will not be able to carry on day-to-day activities without the availability of adequate

working capital.

Working Capital is a measure of a company's short term liquidity or its ability to

cover short term liabilities. Working capital is defined as the difference between a

company's current assets and current liabilities. That is,

Working Capital = Current Assets - Current Liabilities

Currents assets are the assets which can be converted into cash within an accounting

year and include cash (in hand and at bank), short-term securities, debtors (accounts

receivables or book debts), bills receivable, and stocks (inventory).

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Current liabilities are those claims of outsiders which are expected to mature for

payment within an accounting year and include creditors (accounts payable), bills payable

and outstanding expenses.

Working Capital can broadly divided into two parts on the basis of following:

On the basis of concept

On the basis of periodicity

On the basis of concept working capital can further be divided into two categories:

Gross Working Capital

Net Working Capital

Gross Working Capital refers to the firm’s investment in current assets.

The concept of Gross Working Capital focuses attention on two aspects of Current

Assets' management. They are:

Way of optimizing investment in Current Assets.

Way of financing current assets.

Optimizing investment in Current Assets: Investment in Current Assets should be

just adequate i.e., neither in excess nor deficit because excess investment increases liquidity

but reduces profitability as idle investment earns nothing and inadequate amount of working

capital can threaten the solvency of the firm because of its inability to meet its obligation. It is

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taken into consideration that the Working Capital needs of the firm may be fluctuating with

changing business activities which may cause excess or shortage of Working Capital

frequently and prompt management can control the imbalances.

Way of financing Current Assets: This aspect points to the need of arranging funds

to finance Country Assets. It says whenever a need for working Capital arises; financing

arrangement should be made quickly. The financial manager should have the knowledge of

sources of the working Capital funds as wheel as investment avenues where idle funds can be

temporarily invested.

Net Working Capital refers to the difference between current assets and current

liabilities.

Concept of Net Working Capital is a qualitative concept. It indicates the liquidity

position of and suggests the extent to which working Capital needs may be financed by

permanent sources of funds. Current Assets should be optimally more than Courtney

Liabilities. It also covers the point of right combination of long term and short-term funds for

financing court Assents. For every firm a particular amount of net Working Capital in

permanent. Therefore it can be financed with long-term funds.

Thus both concepts, Gross and Net Working Capital, are equally important for the

efficient management of Working Capital. There are no specific rules to determine a firm's

Gross and Net Working Capital but it depends on the business activity of the firm.

On the basis of periodicity working capital can be classified into two parts:

Permanent Working Capital

Variable Working Capital

PERMANENT OR FIXED WORKING CAPITAL

Permanent or fixed working capital is minimum amount which is required to ensure

effective utilization of fixed facilities and for maintaining the circulation of current assets.

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Every firm has to maintain a minimum level of raw material, work- in-process, finished

goods and cash balance. This minimum level of current assets is called permanent or fixed

working capital as this part of working is permanently blocked in current assets. As the

business grow the requirements of working capital also increases due to increase in current

assets.

TEMPORARY OR VARIABLE WORKING CAPITAL

Temporary or variable working capital is the amount of working capital which is

required to meet the seasonal demands and some special exigencies. Variable working capital

can further be classified as seasonal working capital and special working capital. The capital

required to meet the seasonal need of the enterprise is called seasonal working capital.

Special working capital is that part of working capital which is required to meet special

exigencies such as launching of extensive marketing for conducting research, etc.

Temporary working capital differs from permanent working capital in the sense that is

required for short periods and cannot be permanently employed gainfully in the business.

IMPORTANCE OR ADVANTAGE OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL

SOLVENCY OF THE BUSINESS: Adequate working capital helps in maintaining

the solvency of the business by providing uninterrupted of production.

Goodwill: Sufficient amount of working capital enables a firm to make prompt

payments and makes and maintain the goodwill.

Easy loans: Adequate working capital leads to high solvency and credit standing can

arrange loans from banks and other on easy and favourable terms.

Cash Discounts: Adequate working capital also enables a concern to avail cash

discounts on the purchases and hence reduces cost.

Regular Supply of Raw Material: Sufficient working capital ensures regular supply of

raw material and continuous production.

Regular Payment Of Salaries, Wages And Other Day TO Day Commitments: It leads

to the satisfaction of the employees and raises the morale of its employees, increases

their efficiency, reduces wastage and costs and enhances production and profits.

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Exploitation Of Favourable Market Conditions: If a firm is having adequate working

capital then it can exploit the favourable market conditions such as purchasing its

requirements in bulk when the prices are lower and holdings its inventories for higher

prices.

Ability To Face Crises: A concern can face the situation during the depression.

Quick And Regular Return On Investments: Sufficient working capital enables a

concern to pay quick and regular of dividends to its investors and gains confidence of

the investors and can raise more funds in future.

High Morale: Adequate working capital brings an environment of securities,

confidence, high morale which results in overall efficiency in a business.

EXCESS OR INADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL

Every business concern should have adequate amount of working capital to run its

business operations. It should have neither redundant or excess working capital nor

inadequate nor shortages of working capital. Both excess as well as short working capital

positions are bad for any business. However, it is the inadequate working capital which is

more dangerous from the point of view of the firm.

DISADVANTAGES OF REDUNDANT OR EXCESSIVE WORKING CAPITAL

Excessive working capital means ideal funds which earn no profit for the firm and

business cannot earn the required rate of return on its investments.

Redundant working capital leads to unnecessary purchasing and accumulation of

inventories.

Excessive working capital implies excessive debtors and defective credit policy which

causes higher incidence of bad debts.

It may reduce the overall efficiency of the business.

If a firm is having excessive working capital then the relations with banks and other

financial institution may not be maintained.

Due to lower rate of return n investments, the values of shares may also fall.

The redundant working capital gives rise to speculative transactions

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Operating Cycle is the time duration required to convert sales, after the conversion of

resources into inventories, into cash. Investment in current assets such as inventories and

debtors is realized during the firm's operating cycle, which is usually less than a year. The

operating cycle of a manufacturing company involves three phases: -

Acquisition of resources such as raw material, labour, power and fuel etc.

Manufacture of the product which includes conversion into work-in-progress into

finished goods.

Sale of the product either for cash or on credit.

These phases affect cash flows because sometimes sale is done on credit and it takes

sometimes to realize.

Length or Duration of the Operating Cycle of a manufacturing firm in the sum of

the following:

Inventory Conversion period (ICP)

Debtors (Receivable) Conversion periods (DCP)

The total of Debtors Conversion Period and Inventory Conversion Period is referred to as

Gross Operating Cycle (GOC).

GOC = ICP + DCP

Inventory Conversions Period: The Inventory Conversion Period is the total time

needed for Producing and selling the product. It includes:

Raw Material Conversion Period (RMCP)

Work-in-progress Conversion Period (WIPCP)

Finished Goods Conversion Period (FGCP)

ICP= RMCP + WIPCP + FGCP

Debtors Conversion Period: It is the time required to collect the outstanding amount

from the customers.

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Net Operating Cycle: Generally, a firm may acquire resources (raw materials) on

credit and temporarily postpones payment of certain expenses. Payables, which the firm can

defer, are spontaneous sources of capital to finance investment in Courtney Assets. The

length of the time in which the firm is able to defer payments on various resource purchases

is Creditors (Payables) Deferral period (CDP). The deference between Gross Operating

Cycle and payables Deferral Period is called Net Operating Cycle. If depreciation is excluded

from Net Operating Cycle, the computation repercussion represents Cash Conversion Cycle.

It is net time interval between cash outflow.

NOC = GOC - CDP

Operating Cycle also represent the time interval over which additional funds, called

Working Capital, should be obtained in order to carry out the firm's operations. The firm has

to negotiate Working Capital from sources such as banks. The negotiated sources of Working

Capital financing are called non-spontaneous sources. If net Operating Cycle of a firm

increases it means further need for negotiated Working Capital.

Estimating Working Capital Needs: Working Capital needs can be estimated by

three different methods, which have been successfully applied in practice. They are follows:

Current Assets Holding Period: To estimate Working Capital requirements on the

basis of average holding period of Current Assets and relating them to costs based on

the company's experience in the previous years. This method is based on the operating

cycle concept.

Ratio of Sales: To estimate Working Capital requirements as a ratio of sales on

assumption that Current Assets change with sales.

Ratio of fixed Investment: To estimate Working Capital requirements as a

percentage of fixed investment.

The most appropriate method of calculating the Working Capital needs of firm is the

concept of operating cycle. There are some limitations with all the three approaches therefore

some factors govern the choice of method of Working Capital.

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Factors considered are seasonal variations in operations, accuracy sales forecasts,

investment cost and variability in sales price would generally be considered. The production

cycle and credit and collection policy of the firm would have an impact on Working Capital

requirements.

Current Assets (Gross Working Capital) Financing

A firm can adopt different financing policies for Current Assets Three types of

financing used can be:

Long-term financing such as shares, debentures etc.

Short-term financing such as public deposits, commercial papers etc.

Spontaneous financing refers to the automatic sources of short-term funds arising in

the normal course of a business such as trade credit (suppliers) and outstanding

expenses etc.

The real choice of financing Current Assets is between the long term and short-term

sources of finances. The three approaches based on the mix of long and short-term mix are:

Matching Approach: When the firm follows matching approach (also known as

hedging approach), long term financing will be used to finance Fixed Assets and

permanent Current Assets and short-term financing to finance temporary or variable

Current Assets. The justification for the exact matching is that, since the purpose of

financing is to pay for assets, the source of financing and the assets should be

relinquished simultaneously so that financing becomes less expensive and

inconvenient. However, exact matching is not possible because of the uncertainty

about the expected lives of assets.

Conservative Approach: The financing policy of the firm is said to be a conservative

when it depends more on long-term funds for financing needs. Under a conservative

plan, the firm finances its permanent assets and also a part of temporary Current

Assets with long term financing. In the periods when the firm has no need for

temporary Current Assets, the idle long-term funds can be invested in the tradable

securities to conserve liquidity. Thus, the firm has less risk of shortage of funds.

Aggressive Approach: An aggressive approach is said to be followed by the firm

when it uses more short term financing than warranted by the matching approach.

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Under an aggressive approach, the firm finances a part of its permanent current assets

with short term financing. Some firms even finance a part of their fixed assets with

short term financing which makes the firm more risky.

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Objective

The study covers mainly the following aspects of working capital analysis

(i) Introduction of Working Capital,

(ii) Financing of Working Capital,

(iii) Trends of Working Capital and

(iv) Working Capital Impact on Profitability.

Research methodology

This research is conducted on secondary data. All the information is collected from

the website of Maruti Suzuki India Limited and balance sheets. Statistical techniques namely

co–efficient of correlation and financial ratios are used for analyzing the data.

MS-Excel is used for all the calculations.

Limitation

Some of the data is not available because of confidentiality.

There may be some limitation to this study because this study is based on publicly

available data and duration is very short. So it is not possible to observe every aspect.

Additionally, I wanted to calculate gross operating cycle and net operating cycle but

due to non-availability of data couldn’t calculate.

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Data Analysis

I have included following analysis tools in this section:

Ratio Analysis

Current Ratio

Quick Ratio/ Liquidity Ratio

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Gross Profit Margin

Net Profit Margin

Calculation of Gross Working Capital and Net Working Capital

Relationship among Gross Working Capital, Net working capital and Gross Profit

through Correlation Analysis.

Ratio Analysis:

1. Current Ratio

Current ratio may be defined as the relationship between current assets and current

liabilities. This ratio is also known as "working capital ratio". It is a measure of general

liquidity and is most widely used to make the analysis for short term financial position or

liquidity of a firm. It is calculated as follow:

Current Ratio =

The current ratio is thus a measure of the firm’s short term solvency. It indicates the

availability of the current assets in rupees for every one rupees of current liability. A ratio of

greater than one means that the firm has more current assets than current claims against it.

Ideal current ratio is 2:1 under normal conditions.

Current ratio of the company in year from March 2002 to March 20011 is as follow:

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This ratio is a general and quick measure of liquidity of a firm. It represents the

margin of safety or cushion available to the creditors. It is an index of the firm’s financial

stability. It is also an index of technical solvency and an index of the strength of working

capital.

An decrease in the current ratio from March 2002 to March 2011 represents decrease

in the liquidity position of the firm.

Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Average

Current Assets (in Rs. Cr.)

2100.6 2064.5 1944.4 2147.4 2520.7 2648 3190.5 3870 3856 4030.1 2837.22

Current Liabilities(In Rs.

Cr.)1455.8 1917.4 1840.6 1843.4 2184.8 2779.1 3088.4 3631.6 3788.4 4331 2686.05

Current Ratio 1.44 1.08 1.06 1.16 1.15 0.95 1.03 1.07 1.02 0.93 1.09

Current Ratio

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

1.00

1.20

1.40

1.60

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Current Ratio

Current Ratio

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2. Quick Ratio/Liquidity Ratio

Liquid ratio is also termed as Liquidity Ratio / Acid Test Ratio / Quick Ratio. It is

the ratio of liquid assets to current liabilities. The true liquidity refers to the ability of a firm

to pay its short term obligations as and when they become due. It is calculated as follow:

Quick Ratio = ( – )

The quick ratio of the firm for the study period ranges in between .098:1 to 0.60:1.

Normally 1:1 is considered to be the standard Quick Ratio. Quick assets are current assets

minus inventory. It is very important to analyze the composition of quick assets. The quick

ratio has been decreased due to the increase in amount of current liability and inventory

levels.

Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AverageCurrent Assets (in

Rs. Cr.)2100.6 2064.5 1944.4 2147.4 2520.7 2648 3190.5 3870 3856 4030.1

2837.22Current

Liabilities(In Rs. Cr.)

1455.8 1917.4 1840.6 1843.4 2184.8 2779.1 3088.4 3631.6 3788.4 43312686.05

Invetory (In Rs. Cr.) 681.1 487 439.8 666.6 881.2 713.2 1,038.00 902.3 1,208.80 1,415.00 843.3

Quick Ratio 0.98 0.82 0.82 0.80 0.75 0.70 0.70 0.82 0.70 0.60 0.77

Quick Ratio/ Liquidity Ratio/ Acid Test Ratio

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

1.00

1.20

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Quick Ratio

Quick Ratio

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3. Inventory Turnover Ratio

Stock turnover ratio and inventory turnover ratio are the same. It can be interpreted as

measuring the speed with which the firm turns the inventory into sales. This ratio is expressed

in terms of the number of days outstanding. This ratio is relationship between the cost of

goods sold during a particular period of time and the cost of average inventory during a

particular period and calculated as follow:

Inventory Turnover Ratio =

It is continuously increasing. A high inventory turnover/stock velocity indicates

efficient management of inventory because more frequently the stocks are sold; the lesser

amount of money is required to finance the inventory.

Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AverageInventory

Turnover Ratio 10.8 15.52 21.94 16.9 14.15 21.27 22.93 30.46 30.47 33.33 21.777

Inventory Turnover Ratio(ITR)

Data not availavable

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10

15

20

25

30

35

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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Inventory Turnover Ratio

Inventory Turnover Ratio

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4. Debtors (Accounts receivable) Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover ratio or Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio indicates the velocity

of debt collection of a firm. It indicates the number of times average debtors (receivable) are

turned over during a year. Debtors/account receivable turnover ratio indicates number of

times the accounts receivable amount is collected throughout the year or number of times the

debtors are converted into cash. It is calculates as follow:

Debtors Turnover Ratio =

To an outsider it is difficult to access this data, so it can be calculated as follow:

Debtors Turnover Ratio =

High debtor’s turnover ratio indicates a tight credit policy and an efficient collection system

which getting better year by year for Maruti Suzuki India Limited.

Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AverageSales 7,067.70 7,140.14 9,345.58 10,962.41 12,052.24 14,653.89 17,860.28 20,852.52 29,623.01 36,299.74

Debtors 839.3 671.1 689.4 599.5 654.8 747.4 655.5 918.9 809.9 893.3Debtors Turnover

Ratio8.42 10.64 13.56 18.29 18.41 19.61 27.25 22.69 36.58 40.64 21.61

Debtors Turnover Ratio

0.00

5.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

25.00

30.00

35.00

40.00

45.00

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio

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5. Gross Profit Margin

Gross profit margin is calculated by dividing the gross profit by sales:

퐺푟표푠푠푃푟표푓푖푡푀푎푟푔푖푛 = 퐺푟표푠푠푃푟표푓푖푡

푆푎푙푒푠

For Maruti Suzuki India Limited, it is as follow:

This ratio reflects the efficiency with which management produces each unit of

product. This ratio shows profits relative to sales after the deduction of production costs, and

indicates the relation between production costs and selling price. A high Gross Profit Margin

implies that the firm is able to produce at relatively lower cost.

Here Maruti Suzuki India Limited achieved greater efficiency in 2007 and 2008 but

could not maintain for later years.

Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AverageGross Profit 537.60 656.02 1308.18 1797.73 2055.80 2588.82 3130.84 2433.40 4451.05 4684.46

Sales 7067.70 7140.14 9345.58 10962.41 12052.24 14653.89 17860.28 20852.52 29623.01 36299.74Gross Profit

Margin Ratio0.08 0.09 0.14 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.12 0.15 0.13 0.14

Gross Profit Margin Ratio

0.000.020.040.060.080.100.120.140.160.180.20

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Gross Profit Margin Ratio

Gross Profit Margin Ratio

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6. Net Profit Margin

Net profit margin is obtained when operating expenses, interest and taxes are

subtracted from the gross profit. The net profit margin ratio is measured by dividing

profit after tax by sales:

푁푒푡푃푟표푓푖푡푀푎푟푔푖푛 = 푃푟표푓푖푡퐴푓푡푒푟푇푎푥

푆푎푙푒푠

Net Profit Margin ratio establishes a relationship between net profit and sales and

indicated a management’s efficiency in manufacturing, administering and selling the products.

This ratio is overall measure of the firm’s ability to turn each rupee sales into net profit.

Here Maruti Suzuki India Limited achieved greater efficiency in manufacturing,

administering and selling the products in 2007 but could not maintain it for later years.

Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AveragePAT 104.5 159.04 542.18 858.4 1,189.05 1,561.98 1,739.73 1,218.74 2,497.62 2,288.64

Sales 7067.70 7140.14 9345.58 10962.41 12052.24 14653.89 17860.28 20852.52 29623.01 36299.74Net Profit Margin

Ratio0.01 0.02 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.11 0.10 0.06 0.08 0.06 0.07

Net Profit Margin Ratio

0.00

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.08

0.10

0.12

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Net Profit Margin Ratio

Net Profit Margin Ratio

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Gross Woking Capital and Net Working Capital:

From the balance sheets of Maruti Suzuki India Limited Gross Working Capital and

Net Working Capital have been calculated as follow:

퐶푢푟푟푒푛푡퐴푠푠푒푠푡푠 = 퐼푛푣푒푛푡표푟푦 + 퐷푒푏푡표푟푠 + 퐵푎푛푘퐵푎푙푎푛푐푒&퐶푎푠ℎ + 퐿표푎푛&퐴푑푣푎푛푐푒푠

Gross Working Capital = Current Assets

퐶푢푟푟푒푛푟푡퐿푖푎푏푖푙푖푡푖푒푠 = 푃푟표푣푖푠푖표푛푠 + 퐶푢푟푟푒푛푡퐿푖푎푏푙푖푙푡푦

푁푒푡푊표푘푖푛푔퐶푎푝푖푡푎푙 = 퐶푢푟푟푒푛푡퐴푠푠푒푡푠 − 퐶푢푟푟푒푛푡퐿푖푎푏푖푙푖푡푖푒푠

From the above table we can see the trend of working capital for Maruti Suzuki India

Limited which is shown in the following graph:

Particulars 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Current AssetsInventory 681.1 487 439.8 666.6 881.2 713.2 1,038.00 902.3 1,208.80 1,415.00Debtors 839.3 671.1 689.4 599.5 654.8 747.4 655.5 918.9 809.9 893.3Bank Balance & Cash 71.9 39.4 40.2 79.4 51.6 114.8 324 239 98.2 95.5Loan & Advances 508.3 867 775 801.9 933.1 1,072.60 1,173.00 1,809.80 1,739.10 1,626.30Gross Working Capital 2,100.60 2,064.50 1,944.40 2,147.40 2,520.70 2,648.00 3,190.50 3,870.00 3,856.00 4,030.10Current LiabilitiesProvisions 298.3 342.7 317.4 389.2 480 490.5 369.5 380.7 628.4 525.8Current Liability 1,157.50 1,574.70 1,523.20 1,454.20 1,704.80 2,288.60 2,718.90 3,250.90 3,160.00 3,805.20Total 1,455.80 1,917.40 1,840.60 1,843.40 2,184.80 2,779.10 3,088.40 3,631.60 3,788.40 4,331.00Net Working Capital 644.80 147.10 103.80 304.00 335.90 -131.10 102.10 238.40 67.60 -300.90

In Cr. Rs.

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Here we can see that Gross working capital is increasing regularly, but Net Working

Capital is going up and down. This shows that the company has increased its current assets

but current liabilities increased more rapidly than current assets. Here company should focus

on decreasing their liabilities and if it not possible then they should increase their current

assets.

Profits:

-1,000.00

-500.00

0.00

500.00

1,000.00

1,500.00

2,000.00

2,500.00

3,000.00

3,500.00

4,000.00

4,500.00

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Net Working Capital

Gross Working Capital

Profit 2,002 2,003 2,004 2,005 2,006 2,007 2,008 2,009 2,010 2,011Gross Profit 537.6 656.02 1,308.18 1,797.73 2,055.80 2,588.82 3,130.84 2,433.40 4,451.05 4,684.46Net Profit 104.5 159.04 542.18 858.4 1,189.05 1,561.98 1,739.73 1,218.74 2,497.62 2,288.64

In Cr. Rs.

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Relationship between Working Capital and Profit:

To show the relationship among Gross Working Capital, Net Working Capital and

Gross profit statistical tool correlation is used. I selected these three components because

Gross Working Capital and Net Working Capital are not fluctuating in similar fashion and

reason for selecting gross profit is that gross profit and net profit increase/decrease in similar

way.

Correlation Analysis

Here we can see that relationship between gross working capital & net working

capital and net working capital & gross profit is negative. While relationship between gross

working capital and gross profit is positive.

Gross Working Capital Net Working Capital Gross ProfitGross Working Capital 1.00Net Working Capital -0.51 1.00Gross Profit 0.88 -0.70 1.00

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Findings

From the study I came to know the followings:

Company’s investment in current assets is continuously increasing, but current

liabilities are increasing more rapidly than then current assets.

Inventory is increasing even after practicing Just-In-Time (JIT). Reason behind this

increase may be related to strike by the trade unions at Manesar.

Company is rotating its inventory more efficiently. They have increased inventory

turnover by more than 300 % during last decade.

Company’s performance is getting better every year in converting their debtors into

cash quickly. They have increased debtor turnover by 450 % (approximately) in last

10 years. Their current debtor turnover ratio is more than double of average.

Gross profit margin decreased due to higher cost of production. Reason behind this

may be inefficient utilization of plant and machinery or over-investment in plant and

machinery.

Gross working capital has positive relationship with gross profit.

Net working capital has negative relationship with gross profit. Main reason behind

this is sharp increase in current liabilities.

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Recommendations

Suggestions for Maruti Suzuki India Limited are as follow:

Company has too many current liabilities are compared to current assets. So it should

be reduced or current assets should increase for better results.

Efficient management of working capital is not related to finance only but includes

production as well.

Company should check its investment in plant and machinery for better profit margin

because inadequate or excess both investment affect the profitability negatively.

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Reference

Marc Deloof’s research on “Does Working Capital Management Affect Profitability

of Belgian Firms?”

‘Financial Management’ Eighth edition by Prasanna Chandra

‘Financial Management’ Tenth edition by I. M. Pandey.

Annual reports of Maruti Suzuki India Limited.

www.moneycontrol.com

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Annexure 1: Balance Sheet

Balance Sheet 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mths 12 mthsSources Of FundsTotal Share Capital 132.3 144.5 144.5 144.5 144.5 144.5 144.5 144.5 144.5 144.5Equity Share Capital 132.3 144.5 144.5 144.5 144.5 144.5 144.5 144.5 144.5 144.5Share Application Money 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Preference Share Capital 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Reserves 2,575.00 2,953.50 3,446.70 4,234.30 5,308.10 6,709.40 8,270.90 9,200.40 11,690.60 13,723.00Revaluation Reserves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Networth 2,707.30 3,098.00 3,591.20 4,378.80 5,452.60 6,853.90 8,415.40 9,344.90 11,835.10 13,867.50Secured Loans 395.1 300 311.9 307.6 71.7 63.5 0.1 0.1 26.5 31.2Unsecured Loans 260.9 156 0 0 0 567.3 900.1 698.8 794.9 278.1Total Debt 656 456 311.9 307.6 71.7 630.8 900.2 698.9 821.4 309.3Total Liabilities 3,363.30 3,554.00 3,903.10 4,686.40 5,524.30 7,484.70 9,315.60 10,043.80 12,656.50 14,176.80

Application Of FundsGross Block 4,384.70 4,513.80 4,566.70 5,053.10 4,954.60 6,146.80 7,285.30 8,720.60 10,406.70 11,737.70Less: Accum. Depreciation 1,954.60 2,258.10 2,735.90 3,179.40 3,259.40 3,487.10 3,988.80 4,649.80 5,382.00 6,208.30Net Block 2,430.10 2,255.70 1,830.80 1,873.70 1,695.20 2,659.70 3,296.50 4,070.80 5,024.70 5,529.40Capital Work in Progress 72.4 9.3 74.9 42.1 92 238.9 736.3 861.3 387.6 1,428.60Investments 96.8 103.2 1,677.30 1,516.60 2,051.20 3,409.20 5,180.70 3,173.30 7,176.60 5,106.70Inventories 681.1 487 439.8 666.6 881.2 713.2 1,038.00 902.3 1,208.80 1,415.00Sundry Debtors 839.3 671.1 689.4 599.5 654.8 747.4 655.5 918.9 809.9 893.3Cash and Bank Balance 71.9 39.4 40.2 79.4 51.6 114.8 324 239 98.2 95.5Total Current Assets 1,592.30 1,197.50 1,169.40 1,345.50 1,587.60 1,575.40 2,017.50 2,060.20 2,116.90 2,403.80Loans and Advances 508.3 867 775 801.9 933.1 1,072.60 1,173.00 1,809.80 1,739.10 1,626.30Fixed Deposits 0 950 200 950 1,350.00 1,308.00 0 1,700.00 0 2,413.00Total CA, Loans & Advances 2,100.60 3,014.50 2,144.40 3,097.40 3,870.70 3,956.00 3,190.50 5,570.00 3,856.00 6,443.10Deffered Credit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Current Liabilities 1,157.50 1,574.70 1,523.20 1,454.20 1,704.80 2,288.60 2,718.90 3,250.90 3,160.00 3,805.20Provisions 298.3 342.7 317.4 389.2 480 490.5 369.5 380.7 628.4 525.8Total CL & Provisions 1,455.80 1,917.40 1,840.60 1,843.40 2,184.80 2,779.10 3,088.40 3,631.60 3,788.40 4,331.00Net Current Assets 644.8 1,097.10 303.8 1,254.00 1,685.90 1,176.90 102.1 1,938.40 67.6 2,112.10Miscellaneous Expenses 119.2 88.7 16.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total Assets 3,363.30 3,554.00 3,903.10 4,686.40 5,524.30 7,484.70 9,315.60 10,043.80 12,656.50 14,176.80Contingent Liabilities 1,801.40 1,276.40 1,119.80 893.6 1,289.70 2,094.60 2,734.20 1,901.70 3,657.20 5,450.60Book Value (Rs) 2,046.46 107.23 124.3 151.56 188.73 237.23 291.28 323.45 409.65 479.99

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Annexure 2: Profit & Loss Account

Yearly Results 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Sales Turnover 7,067.70 7,140.14 9,345.58 10,962.41 12,052.24 14,653.89 17,860.28 20,852.52 29,623.01 36,299.74Other Income 318 276.41 405.44 391.46 429.19 598.41 963.47 601.34 496.76 482.31Total Income 7,385.70 7,416.55 9,751.02 11,353.87 12,481.43 15,252.30 18,823.75 21,453.86 30,119.77 36,782.05Total Expenses 6,848.10 6,760.53 8,442.84 9,556.14 10,425.63 12,663.48 15,692.91 19,020.46 25,668.72 32,097.59Operating Profit 219.6 379.61 902.74 1,406.27 1,626.61 1,990.41 2,167.37 1,832.06 3,954.29 4,202.15

Profit On Sale Of Assets -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Profit On Sale Of Investments -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Gain/Loss On Foreign Exchange -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --VRS Adjustment -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Other Extraordinary Income/Expenses -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Total Extraordinary Income/Expenses -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Tax On Extraordinary Items -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Net Extra Ordinary Income/Expenses -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Gross Profit 537.6 656.02 1,308.18 1,797.73 2,055.80 2,588.82 3,130.84 2,433.40 4,451.05 4,684.46Interest 76.4 51.82 43.39 36.01 20.39 37.63 59.62 50.98 33.5 24.41PBDT 461.2 604.2 1,264.79 1,761.72 2,035.41 2,551.19 3,071.22 2,382.42 4,417.55 4,122.25Depreciation 342.9 322.08 494.92 456.83 285.42 271.36 568.17 706.54 825.02 1,013.50

Depreciation On Revaluation Of Assets -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --PBT 118.3 282.12 769.87 1,304.89 1,749.99 2,279.83 2,503.05 1,675.88 3,592.53 3,108.75Tax 13.8 123.08 227.69 446.49 560.94 717.85 763.32 457.14 1,094.91 820.11Net Profit 104.5 159.04 542.18 858.4 1,189.05 1,561.98 1,739.73 1,218.74 2,497.62 2,288.64

Prior Years Income/Expenses -- -12.6 -- -4.77 -- -- -8.91 -- -- --

Depreciation for Previous Years Written Back/ Provided -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Dividend -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Dividend Tax -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Dividend (%) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Earnings Per Share 72.33 5.5 18.77 29.71 41.15 54.06 60.21 42.18 86.45 79.21Book Value -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Equity 144.46 144.46 144.46 144.46 144.46 144.46 144.46 144.46 144.46 144.46Reserves -- 2,953.64 3,446.73 4,234.34 5,308.11 6,709.39 8,270.94 9,200.37 11,690.60 13,723.02Face Value 100 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

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