Working capital improvement: Options appraisal and investment case

Appraise working capital options on cash released, NPV, long-run value, and profit effect, including lost margin, write-downs, and financing alternatives.

Asset IDSTX-A0114

CategoryDecision and Communication Templates

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Prepared byStratenity Advisory Team

Executive summary

A method for choosing which working capital actions to fund, on cash and on what they cost in margin and effort.

What is inside

What the investment case covers

The asset walks an appraisal lead from the frozen assumption register through option design, the cash and profit model, the long-run check, stress tests, financing alternatives, and the committee paper. It includes an options matrix, a cost-benefit workbook layout, and a sensitivity table, with a worked synthetic case.

Building options from the levers in the frozen register
Quick wins, uniform programs, and targeted programs compared
Cash released, five-year NPV, and a long-run view side by side
The annual profit effect, kept separate from cash

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How to use it

How teams use it

Teams use it in the two to three weeks after the register is frozen. Finance builds the model, credit, supply chain, and procurement shape the options, treasury reviews financing alternatives, and the CFO takes a staged recommendation to the executive committee.

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Stratenity Advisory Team. (2026). Working capital improvement: Options appraisal and investment case. Stratenity Library. https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/decision-and-communication-templates/working-capital-improvement-options-appraisal-and-investment-case

Stratenity Advisory Team. "Working capital improvement: Options appraisal and investment case." Stratenity Library, 2026, www.stratenity.com/resources/library/decision-and-communication-templates/working-capital-improvement-options-appraisal-and-investment-case.

Stratenity Advisory Team. "Working capital improvement: Options appraisal and investment case." Stratenity Library, 2026. https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/decision-and-communication-templates/working-capital-improvement-options-appraisal-and-investment-case.

Stratenity Advisory Team (2026) Working capital improvement: Options appraisal and investment case. Stratenity Library. Available at: https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/decision-and-communication-templates/working-capital-improvement-options-appraisal-and-investment-case (Accessed: the date of access).

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Working capital improvement: Options appraisal and investment case

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