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Work in pairs. Look at these suggestions for improving Quick Computers’ cash flow. Choose the best five ideas. How would they benefit the company?

读以下针对Quick公司现金流量问题提出的建议，选出5个最好的建议。说说它们对公司的益处。

•Ask customers for cash on delivery

•Reduce credit terms from 30 to 20 days

•Add penalty charges fro late payment

•Pay suppliers after 30 days, not 10

•Reduce inventory to a minimum

•Find cheaper suppliers

•Pay staff monthly

•Cut the staff wage bill

•Increase prices

•Increase sales

参考词汇和表达

improve business performance through cash flow planning 通过资金流量来改善公司业绩

bill as soon as work bas been done or order fulfilled 工作完成后或按订单发货后马上要求对方付款

bill promptly so that you can have the cash available to cover the payments 及时要求对方付款您就有资金来支付自己需要的支出

adding penalty charges for late payment urges clients to pay promptly

对拖欠付款的增收罚款促使客户及时付款

reduce the amount/time of credit given to customers 减少向客提供的赊帐数量，缩短信用周期。

Increase sales(particularly those involving cash payments) helps to solve the capital problem 提高销售量（特别是含有现金支付的销售量）有利于解决资金问题

Monitor the payment performance of customers 监控顾客的付款表现

Weed out these slow pays/no pays 淘汰那些拖欠付款或不付款的顾客

Become more selective when granting credit is good for the business’s cash flow, too 提供赊帐时对客户进行更严格的筛选对公司的现金流量也有好处

Trimming your inventory is also a good way to avoid cash-flow problems 减少存货也是避免现金流量问题的好办法。