Working capital management efficiency: a study of certified firms from the EFQM excellence model

Yousaf Muhammad ()
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Yousaf Muhammad: Department of Industrial Engineering and Information Systems, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tomas Bata University, Czech Republic

Financial Internet Quarterly (formerly e-Finanse), 2022, vol. 18, issue 3, 21-34

Abstract: Working capital management (WCM) plays an important role in a firm’s value, financial risk, and firm profitability. WCM requires continuous management to maintain a certain level of the numerous components of working capital (WC). The main aim of this study is to estimate the efficiency of WCM of certified firms from the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model. The study also tests the speed to attain each firm’s target level of efficiency using industry norms as the target level of efficiency. The financial data of the Czech certified firms from the manufacturing sector was derived from the CRIBIS database from 2015 to 2020. The efficiency of WCM is measured by utilization index (UI), performance index (PI), and efficiency index (EI). The findings revealed that Gerresheimer Horsovsky Tyn Spol., Miele Technika, and Koyo Bearings Česká Republika efficiently managed WC, as their indexes are greater than 1. The number of efficient firms was the lowest in 2020 based on the year-wise comparison which means that the efficiency of WCM of the firms was severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). All the β values are lower than one, which signifies that none of the selected firms outperform the manufacturing industry as a whole. The findings of the current research are useful to the management of the firms and recommends that they give importance to the different indexes of WCM and efficiently use the current assets to generate sales.

Keywords: quality management; working capital; manufacturing sector; COVID-19; EFQM Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G00 L15 L60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.2478/fiqf-2022-0017

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