Working capital
This page is for owners in Muscat, Oman whose profit looks acceptable and whose cash does not. Start with where a stuck GCC SME actually bleeds, then cash conversion, trade finance, board packs, freight, and the December traps. Regional conflict hits the cash cycle before it hits a strategy pack. Margin repair is in this set because it only sticks when cash moves with it.
Notes
March 2026 · Start here
From Muscat, Oman: why stuck Oman and GCC SMEs bleed in receivables and the shop floor.
Read the note →October 2025
Sales and EBITDA can look fine while receivables, stock, and payables quietly starve the firm.
Read the note →February 2026
Invoice and trade finance can bridge timing — they do not replace collections or inventory control.
Read the note →January 2026
A useful GCC SME or PE board pack shows cash, aging, and open decisions — not theatre.
Read the note →December 2025
From Muscat, Oman: freight variance, safety stock, and stretched receivables when corridors snarl.
Read the note →December 2025
December stock builds, slower collections, bonuses, and customs timing can empty a healthy-looking trader.
Read the note →November 2025
When corridors get stressed, working capital moves before the strategy slide does.
Read the note →August 2026
Margin recovery that sticks: the unglamorous levers operators actually control.
Read the note →