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In today’s environment, cash conversion cycle is randomly used as a measure of liquidity of the organizations. Cash conversion cycle is considered as the length of time between raw-materials and collection of cash from debtors. | Impact of cash conversion cycle on cash holding A study on FMCG sector Accounting 1 2015 1 16 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Accounting homepage ac Impact of cash conversion cycle on cash holding A study on FMCG sector Somnath Das Assistant Professor in Commerce Kazi Nazrul University Asansol West-Bengal India CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history In today s environment cash conversion cycle is randomly used as a measure of liquidity of Received June 5 2015 the organizations. Cash conversion cycle is considered as the length of time between raw- Received in revised format materials and collection of cash from debtors. It can be used as a benchmarking competitors or August 16 2015 comparing companies. On the other hand Cash holding is one of the most important financial Accepted November 2 2015 Available online decisions that a manager has to make in any organization. Some organizations hold more cash November 5 2015 and some organizations hold less cash. In this study we perform a survey to make a relationship Keywords between Cash Conversion Cycle and Cash Holding. Cash conversion cycle Cash holding Liquidity Profitability 2015 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction . Cash Conversion Cycle The term Cash Conversion Cycle can be considered a length of time between purchase of raw-materials and collection of cash from debtors. In liquidity management Cash Conversion Cycle is an important parameter for measuring its efficiency. Cash Conversion Cycle of a company indicates the efficiency of managing working capital. Such measure can be used in benchmarking competitors or comparing companies. Cash Conversion Cycle is constructed by deducting the payable deferral period from the addition of inventory conversion period and receivable collection period. Accounting information of companies can be classified into two groups or fields. They are financial distress prediction and fundamental analysis. Financial .