Introduction to Sick Units

Description
Industrial sickness is defined in India as "an industrial company (being a company registered for not less than five years) which has, at the end of any financial year, accumulated losses equal to, or exceeding

What is sickness
? Sickness is a problem
? It can be seen in two ways ;

1. when its assets are less than its debt 2.when operating cash flows of the firm are not enough to meet its obligation

Reason for sickness
? Unfavorable external environment
? Managerial deficiencies

Symptoms of sickness
? Delay or default in payment
? Irregularity in bank account ? Delay or default in payment to bank or Financials

institutions ? Decline in capacity utilization

Prediction of sickness
? It is not easy to reach a definitive conclusion about

impending sickness ? Sickness can be predicted more reliable in two ways: 1.univariate analysis 2.multivariate analysis

Univariate analysis
? In this analysis we have to compare the financial ratio

of each failed firm with non failed firm in the same industry and of comparable size. We examined a period of 5 years prior to the point of failure.

Multivariate analysis
? Univariate analysis examines financial ratio

individually but does not assess the joint predictive power of various combinations of ratio.

Revival of a sick unit
? A study must be done about that business unit and if

in study its suggests that unit can be revived in the limited period of time and if not then; ? Step must be taken to liquidation .

Viability study
? It should cover
o Finance o Market

o Operation
o Human resources o Environment

Revival programmed
? Settlement with the creditors
? Provision of additional capital ? Divestment and disposal

? Re-formulation of product
? Modernization of plant and machinery ? Reduction in man power ? Strict control over cost

Revival programmed conts..
? Streamlining of operations
? Improvement in managerial system ? Worker participation

? Change of management
? Merger with a healthy company



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