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Learn about effective working capital and cash management

REL provides intelligence and insight on how companies can achieve corporate ambition through the liberation of cash. We are dedicated to providing senior executives with fact-based performance metrics and best practices through proprietary research publications. Key highlights in the REL research calendar include:

Five Steps to Improve Cash Flow

Executives realize that in a volatile era, there is no substitute for cash. No matter how much revenue you recognize or how many assets you have on your books, the simple and enduring truth is that the only enterprises that survive are those that generate enough cash to keep their operations running. Learn More...


Blueprint for a Cash Culture

To help CFOs build a cash culture, REL asked companies to share details of their cash-management practices. Learn More...


The Working Capitalist

The Working Capitalist newsletter features research and analysis on new and emerging issues related to working capital management. Learn More...


The REL Working Capital Survey

Find out how well top global organizations manage their working capital. REL researches and analyses the cash flow opportunity by component, focusing on accounts receivable, accounts payable and inventory management. Learn More...


REL Year End Gamesmanship

Learn which of the top global organizations has the tendency to liquidate working capital rapidly in the fourth quarter. REL's research highlights companies that presenting ideal year-end cash flows only to have the working capital return in the first quarter of the following year.


Generating Cash

Using the cash conversion efficiency metric (CCE), REL analyses the growth of the top organizations globally, to assess how efficiently they are leveraging their scale to generate true free cash.


Managing Cash

Using cash as a percent of sales allows for companies to compare their cash cushion to that of their peer group. REL asses the top organizations globally to gauge which companies are being more effective managing their total working capital.


Industry Specific Data

REL provides key insights into understanding the issues associated with working capital within different industries.


REL is open to new ideas and approaches to research and analysis on working capital and cash flow, please contact us with your suggestion or call +1 770 225 7500.

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REL in the press

Big Fat Finance Blog, "Even A Recovery Presents Challenges" - It appears that the economy is slowly and painfully inching toward a turnaround. Unemployment is holding steady at 9.7 percent, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and The Bureau of Economic Analysis says that GDP grew at an annualized rate of 5.9 in the fourth quarter of 2009.