Discuss Management of Short-Term Assets, development of the cash budget, cash management techniques, acceleration of receipts, and disbursement control. Also included in credit management, credit policy, monitoring of accounts receivable, and analyzing proposed changes in credit policy. Discuss inventory management and include types of inventory, optimal inventory levels, and inventory control systems. What are key concepts for managing short-term assets? Discuss the sources of short-term financing such as accruals, accounts payable, short-term bank loans and commercial paper. In addition, discuss computation of the cost of short-term credit to include the cost of bank loans, commercial paper and borrowed amount versus required amount.