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Contents
· FrieslandCampina in a nutshell
· Working capital: expectations and analysis
· Stakeholders: conditions and preferences
· Finding the right approach: balancing act
· Key learnings
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FrieslandCampina in a nutshell
General info: Working Capital relevant info:
· Revenue: 11,6 billion euro · Suppliers: big commodity suppliers,
· equipment producers and logistic
Facilities in 34 countries providers
· Export to over 100 countries · Customers: retailers, distributors and
· Number of employees: 23,769 food producers
· Number of member dairy farmers: · Inventories: fresh products, cheese
18,261 (ripening process), powders and IFT
· Every day millions of consumers:
from mainstream dairy to IFT/Pharma
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Working capital: expectations and analysis (1)
What may be expected?:
· Our treasury’s main mission is to become the ultimate business partner
· Working capital is one of the “natural” areas where treasury is expected to
perform
· Treasury is able to gather valuable “outside in” views on WC management from
financial institutions
· A centralized treasury should be able to determine priorities and achieve
concrete results in a timely manner
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Working capital: expectations and analysis (2)
Analysis* – what is our starting position?:
· Days payables outstanding (“DPO”): nine days longer than the peer group
average
- including supplier finance program started up in 2013/14
· Days inventory outstanding (“DIO”): five days shorter than the peer group
average
- World Class Operations Management (WCOM) program on-going
· Days sales outstanding (“DSO”): four days longer than the peer group average
- no receivable purchase or factoring program in place
*Based on 2017 figures
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Stakeholders: conditions and preferences
· Owners/Supervisory Board: no negative divergence from peers, risk averse in
terms of accounting and/or credit rating, SME’s treated fairly, no sale of the
company’s silverware
· Executive Board: maximize balance sheet impact at the lowest possible costs
(EBIT)
· Business units: also cost efficiency and minimal interference with key
commercial processes
· Financial Shared Service Centers: minimize administrative and logistical
complexities
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