Training on Financial and Inventory Management for Enhanced Corporate Value

Optimizing corporate value requires the strategic alignment of financial management and supply chain operations. This course provides participants with the knowledge and practical skills to integrate financial insights with inventory and logistics management, ensuring organizations achieve both operational efficiency and financial performance.

Participants will explore management accounting principles, cost analysis, budgeting, and performance measurement alongside supply chain strategy, inventory control, and logistics optimization. The course emphasizes practical applications, enabling participants to evaluate trade-offs, make data-driven decisions, and implement strategies that improve both financial and operational outcomes.

Through case studies, exercises, and real-world scenarios, participants will learn how to balance costs, optimize inventory levels, and align supply chain activities with corporate financial goals. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped to drive better business performance, enhance value creation, and support sustainable growth.

Duration

 5 Days

Who Should Attend

• Finance and accounting professionals seeking supply chain knowledge
• Supply chain managers and professionals aiming to enhance financial acumen
• Business analysts, consultants, and strategists involved in logistics and resource allocation
• Operations managers looking to align supply chain operations with financial objectives

Organizational Impact

• Improves financial and operational performance.

• Leads to better resource allocation and enhanced corporate value.

• Strengthens cross-functional collaboration and competitiveness.

Personal Impact

• Provides an in-demand skill set combining financial and operational expertise.

• Is crucial for career progression into senior leadership and strategic roles.

• Builds the confidence to lead strategies that enhance corporate value.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Acquire visualization of KPI used for corporate management as well as SCM operations.
• Acquire the basic knowledge of CCC (Cash Conversion Cycle) and PSI (Procurement/Production, Sales and Inventory) management
• Acquire theory and practices: Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma, Amoeba management, IDC (Inventory Driven Costs)
• Acquire the case studies of different industries for CCC and Integrated reporting
• Acquire the time-axis management for Inventory and Accounts Receivable to prevent accounting fraud and to suppress the working capital
• Acquire IT solutions required for the visualization and improvement activities

Module 1:The Relation Between Inventory and Finance

• Management Accounting and Financial Accounting

• Basic understanding of inventory from financial perspectives

• What is Inventory management?

• Inventory and financial statements

• Inventory Driven Costs (IDC) invented and implemented by HP

• Fixed costs, Variable costs and Break-even points analysis

• Profit is an opinion, and Cash is a fact.

• Case Study: Analysis of HP’s Inventory Driven Costs (IDC) implementation and its financial impact

Module 2 :Management Accounting and Corporate Value Management

• Corporate value management KPI

• ROE (Return on Equity) and ROIC (Return on Invested Capital)

• KPIs for leading companies in Japan

• KPIs related to Supply chain

• SCM capability analysis & Supply Chain Top 25

• Accounting fraud risks

• Case Study: Examining how top Japanese companies use KPIs to optimize corporate value

Module 3 :CCC (Cash Conversion Cycle) Basics

• Operation Cycle and Cash Cycle

• The necessary information on CCC

• CCC comparison among Japan, U.S. and Global by industry

• CCC trend for different sectors by company

• How to expedite CCC cashing speed?

• CCC key issues

• PSI (Purchase/Production, Sales, Inventory) management

• Practical Exercise: Calculate CCC for sample companies and propose improvement strategies

• Case Study: Cross-industry comparison of CCC trends and lessons learned

Module 4 :CCC Advanced Course and Management Methods

• CCC advanced courses: several case studies

• Amoeba management methods by Kyocera

• Balanced Scorecard with case studies

• Six Sigma theory with case studies

• Problem-solving PDCA

• Visualization of management and Visualization of autonomy

• Effective IT solutions for increasing efficiency

• Case Study: Application of Amoeba Management, Balanced Scorecard, and Six Sigma in real-world companies

• Practical Exercise: Develop a CCC improvement plan using PDCA and visualization tools

Module 5 :Specific Measures With a View to ESG and SDGs

• What is ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance)?

• What are SDGs (Strategic Development Goals)?

• Integrated reporting with case studies

• Environmental issues

• Freshness control for Accounts Receivable and Inventory

• Operation cycle & Planning cycle

• Risk management summary

• Case Study: Companies integrating ESG and SDGs into inventory and financial management

• Practical Exercise: Create a mini ESG-integrated reporting plan for inventory and AR