BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Operating Cycle
- the cycle of business activity in which cash is used to buy resources which are converted into products or services and then sold for cash
Additional Resources
- Calculating Average Age of Payables (AAP)
- "This article is about the one of the most important factor of determining the firm's cash cycle is the offsetting benefit derived from the company's accounts payable. Inventory holding period and receivables aging combine to determine the firm's operating cycle, and accounts payable offsets a portion of that...
- White papers 2002-04-01
- Learning From Operating System Earth
- The earth's biosphere -- the area that supports life -- has been in operation for 3.5 billion years, nourishing an incredible array of life forms. Do you think your business can learn a thing or two about sustainability from an operating system that has worked and evolved...
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- Retirement Plan Life Cycle
- Every retirement plan has a life cycle, with four distinct stages through which the plan evolves. Before starting a plan, you may want to learn about this cycle. This article offers a basic understanding of the life cycle of a retirement plan and presents previously-released materials grouped in accordance with...
- White papers
- Working Capital Analysis: Take Stock of Your Working Capital to Make Sure Your Business Can Meet Its Financial Needs
- Working capital is one of the most difficult financial concepts to understand for the small-business owner. In fact, the term means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. By definition, working capital is the amount by which current assets exceed current liabilities. A useful tool for...
- White papers
- Delta Airlines selects Enigma for web distribution of customized jet engine maintenance information; One of the largest U.S. airlines to boost aircraft operating time, increase repair-cycle efficiency through XML-based solution.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-7 August 2000-ENIGMA: Delta Airlines selects Enigma for web distribution of customized jet engine maintenance information; One of the largest U.S. airlines to boost aircraft operating time, increase repair-cycle efficiency through XML-based solution C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07082000 ...
- Research articles 2000-08-07
- SCE&G's V.C. Summer Nuclear Station to Begin 17th Refueling Outage
- JENKINSVILLE, S.C. -- South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), principal subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (NYSE:SCG), will take the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station offline April 25 to begin a scheduled refueling outage. The outage, which follows an 18-month operating cycle, is the 17th for V.C. Summer Station since the plant...
- Research articles 2008-04-24
- Factors Influencing Working Capital Management
- The working capital needs of a firm are influenced by numerous factors. The important ones are: nature of business; seasonality of operations; production conditions; market conditions; conditions of supply. The working capital requirement of a firm is closely related to the nature of its business. A service firm, like an...
- White papers 2008-07-22
- GE to build H-class combined cycle in Japan
- GE Power Systems, Schenectady, NY, has signed an agreement with Tokyo Electric Power Co Tepco, Japan, to design and build an H- class combined-cycle unit in Japan. The order is particularly notable because GE's Asian competitor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MHI, Tokyo, Japan, designed and built the world's first H-class combined-...
- Research articles 2001-11-01
- Nummi pushes presses to cut cycle times .
- FREMONT, CALIF. -- New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. has pushed operating parameters on three 2,860-ton Ube injection presses to achieve significant cycle-time reductions in molding car bumpers. "We basically reduced cycle times on bumpers from 70 seconds down to a range of 49-58 seconds,"...
- Research articles 2000-06-05
- Revenue Cycle Team Case Study
- The challenge in this engagement was an accounts receivable balance that was growing and operating margins that were declining despite efforts to reduce operational expenditures at this 431-bed urban hospital and comprehensive outpatient health network. Phase 2 Consulting conducted a gap analysis for each major process in the revenue cycle...
- Case studies
- DataDirect Technologies Listed as Sample XQuery Vendor in Leading Industry Analyst Firm's "Hype Cycle" Report
- DataDirect Technologies, the unparalleled leader in data connectivity and mainframe integration and an operating company of Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), today announced its inclusion in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Data Management 2007 report as an XQuery sample vendor. The report "reflects the position, rate of adoption and speed...
- Research articles 2007-10-03
- As Seattle Times prepares for a.m. cycle, partners in JOA expect both papers will gain
- When is a newspaper war not a war? When there are two victors. The Seattle Times Co. and New York-based Hearst Corp. have revised their 1983 joint operating agreement JOA to permit the 227,000-circulation Seattle Times to convert to morning delivery and go head-to-head with Hearst's 196,000-circulation Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The...
- Research articles 1999-02-15
- DK6: France's first large independent CCGT plant. (Combined Cycle Plant).
- Gaz de France's 800 MWe DK6 plant in Dunkirk Dunkerque, northern France, adjacent to Arcelor group's Sollac Atlantique steelworks, can be considered France's first large combined cycle gas turbine IPP project Generating electricity flexibly using natural gas as well as coke oven and blast furnace gas from the steelworks, the...
- Research articles 2003-04-01
- Beating the cycle.(Union Carbide Corp. plans to beat the next chemicals commodities trough)(Company Profile)
- 00-00-0000 After revamping the company over the last 10 years, Union Carbide Corp. management has set its sights on growth, while avoiding losses at the bottom of the inevitable chemical-industry cycle. WHAT CAN A COMPANY do for an encore after completely rebuilding itself and...
- Research articles 1996-05-20
- 'I like a challenge; I don't like status quo.' "Challenge" is a word that perhaps could be better defined by Michael W. Louge, CPA, CFO of OhioHealth, than by Merriam-Webster. An operating loss of $30 million, a revenue cycle meltdown, and a $14
- The largest hospital system in central Ohio, not-for-profit OhioHealth was an AA-rated system in the early 1990s. However, following the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the hospital-system began to decline; in 1999, it suffered a nearly $50 million operating loss. And FY00 was almost as bad, with...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- Rough terrain scissor lifts give superior capability.
- Feb 03, 2003 (Construction Contractor - ABIX via COMTEX) JLG Australia has released two new "rough terrain" scissor lift models made by its parent JLG Industries. The new models are the 3394T, which has a 1024-kilogram load capacity platform and a 10-metre maximum operating...
- Research articles 2003-02-04
- It's 5:00 P.M. How Much Did You Lose Today In Your Supply Chain Finance?
- In an environment characterized by decreasing demand and narrowing margins, it is not surprising that the strategic focus for major corporations is to optimize process management. As a result, the cash conversion cycle also known as working capital days deployed or operating cycle of a company takes on great significance...
- White papers 2003-08-05
- Do LIFO Manage Inventories and Accruals to Meet Tax and Financial Reporting Objectives?
- We examine whether managers adjust LIFO inventories other current accruals and depreciation consistent with the objective of minimizing taxes debt-related costs costs of foregoing smoothed earnings and adjustment costs. Our findings indicate long-time LIFO users on average manage inventories to smooth earnings and reduce debt costs and manage current accruals...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Belt Conveyor Delivers Faster Part Cycle Times.
- By Staff Three companies collaborate to improve productivity, reduce operating costs, and create innovative new products, millions of parts per year. Key outcomes of a successful automation project include improved productivity, reduced ...
- Research articles 2006-12-15
- Mill operating rate rises to 80.8% in November.
- WASHINGTON FNS -- Textile mills operated at 80.8 per cent of their estimated full capacity in November, up from 79.5 per cent in October, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. The November operating rate remained well below the year-ago level of 89.4 per cent,...
- Research articles 1985-01-18
