In 1934, the company was established by Jim. In early years he felt difficulties in running the business, as he was not a natural businessman; rather he wanted to join army. But he was sure that the business would pick up its momentum and in 1976 he proved to be correct and the annual sales rose to $800000. At this point he thought that this is the right time to handover the business to his son, who also had left the army in 1968 as he was wounded.
Due to natural ability of businessman, the son could not understand the financial aspect of the business and run the business on traditional style. Due bad financial management bank has refused to renew the line of credit which is one of the most important and crucial source of financing for the business to meet its working capital requirement.
All the financial ratios are not upto the mark and they are below the industrial average. The utilization of assets and inventory was below the industrial average, which is reflected in poor turnover ratios, such as assets turnover and inventory turnover ratios. The company could have improved its financial position by utilizing the assets effectively. The problem accumulated as the company profit margin was also below the industrial average thus resulting in lower return on assets. If company could have raised profit margin by controlling expenses, the affect of low assets utilization would have been minimized.
The old relationship of company with customers has also created problem in managing the finance. As the receivables could not be converted into cash in time, thus increasing the problem for the company regarding ability to pay off its current debts in time.
It is very crucial to remain in business to effectively utilize the assets and increase its turnover and also try to recover the receivable in time. Otherwise the bank will not be interested in providing loan to the company. If company cannot raise the asset turnover by increasing sales, it is better to reduce the level of inventory and sell the inventory to generate cash. Furthermore, the customer may be encouraged to pay earlier by offering them discount.
The bank may be motivated to provide loan if they are given the assurance that the company will improve in future and will follow strict financial management discipline, to product better results. It can be done as the business has the potential to show better results.