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Order-to-Cash Cycle in WCM
Background
The Order-to-Cash Cycle (O2C) covers all the processes from taking the order through to banking the payment receipt, see figure below. The main working capital management objective in O2C is to minimise the average number of days taken by a company to collect payments after the sale is completed (Days… Read more about Order-to-Cash Cycle in WCM
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