Sudden contraction of activity AND LIQUIDITY TENSION.

Situation

Industrial company in the FMCG sector.

Rapid contraction of activity following an exogenous shock.

Lack of reliable visibility on cash flow requirements.

Significant deterioration in the quality of customer receivables.

Lack of cross-functional management of working capital.

Short-term financing capacity weakened.

Decisions and mechanisms put in place

Centralized takeover of liquidity management.

Structuring arbitrage decisions on liquidity allocation at the European level.

Deployment of structured mechanisms to accelerate cash receipts.

Institutionalization of a liquidity discipline embedded in governance.

Results

Working capital halved in six months.

Reduction of the non-payment rate from 30% to 2% in two months.

Average collection time reduced by 6 days.

Stabilized liquidity and sustainably strengthened governance.