Abstract :
Working capital devastating for a company, there is sufficient working capital
enables a company to carry out its activities do not have problems and difficulties
that may arise. The presence of excessive working capital indicates that the fund is
not productive, and this has disadvantages because the available funds are not used
effectively in the activities of the company. The company's policy in managing the
appropriate amount of working capital will generate profits really expected by the
company and the lack of proper capital management will result in losses. Good
working capital management will further streamline the company's activities in
improving efforts to achieve the expected benefits. Managing current assets
effectively and efficiently is critical to the company, in order to maintain liquidity
which was instrumental in determining how much the changes in working capital that
will be used by the company to achieve the expected benefits to the company.
The variable in this study is the Cash Management (X1), Receivable Management
(X2), Inventory Management (X3) and Liquidity (Y). This sample was 13 Food and
Beverage companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchanges in 2009 - 2011. While the
data used are secondary data. Sampling technique using purposive sampling. The
method of analysis used multiple linear regression analysis.
Based on the research results, it can be concluded that the cash management
contribute simultaneous and partial to the liquidity. While the management of
accounts receivable and inventory management does not contribute simultaneous and
partial to the liquidity.