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Working capital management is of particular importance when focusing on liquidity. Here you will find the updated data for the guide.

At the 23rd Financing Day of the mechanical and plant engineering industry in NRW, VDMA NRW focused on the data economy and corporate financing in challenging times.

Basics, design and documentation: With the "Transfer Pricing" seminar series, the Maschinenbau-Institut offers you practical tools to successfully complete your transfer pricing project.

Strong competitive pressure, short product life cycles and high market launch costs are three reasons for managing new developments in a targeted manner from a commercial perspective. A key guarantee of success: those responsible for controlling!

Complex contracts can only be successfully completed with transparent figures that realistically reflect the progress of the project. This is where controllers can provide significant support to project managers.

The calculation schema for non-wage labor costs is a model calculation for determining the imputed surcharge for direct and indirect wage-dependent costs. Here you will find the current version, as of March of the current year.

Whether invoices are to be posted or reports created: Digitized, automated processes can also save a lot of time in commercial processes. In addition, transparency increases.

Which documents help the bank in making financing decisions, what should be observed in the formal procedure and which typical mistakes should be avoided at all costs? Our field report provides the answers.

The successful Federal Support Programme for Energy Efficiency in Industry has been fundamentally amended as of 1 November 2021. The funding programme has been expanded to include a subsidy for resource efficiency in module 4 and the funding programme will also subsidise transformation concepts (module 5). The mechanical engineering sector and its customer industries can also benefit from this.

The Bundestag is currently debating the government's draft for a company master data register and the introduction of a uniform national business number for companies.

The structure of the participating companies has changed significantly in some cases.

Especially for small and medium-sized enterprises, i.e. SMEs, and classic medium-sized companies, a step into unknown territory in the form of a new subsidiary, a joint venture or another participation is a difficult challenge - especially the first time and under current circumstances. There are a number of aspects to consider, such as organisational aspects, liability issues, reporting content and the appropriate risk assessment.

Energy-efficient refrigeration technology pays off, both for the environment and for the operation of the refrigeration system. Here you will find information on how to plan, implement and operate your refrigeration system in an energy-efficient manner.

The bridging aid has been improved and expanded once again from January 2021 and now also offers more mechanical engineering companies the opportunity to use and help with financing. Bridging aid is a grant towards fixed costs that does not have to be repaid. The Corona assistance funding period covers November 2020 to June 2021, and the maximum monthly funding amount for all companies is now up to €1.5m.

Increase the company's profitability by acting quickly in a crisis. This task occupies many companies and unfortunately there is no blueprint. We have therefore collected some successful examples and analysed and documented the approach.

The VDMA accompanies and supports its members on the way to Industrie 4.0. Here you will find an overview of the current publications on the topic.

What do we mean by risks and what does a risk management system suitable for my company look like?

Learn from each other, exchange industry-specific experiences, inform yourself about topics relevant to mechanical engineering: When and where? Here you will find all event dates at a glance.

Together with partner banks and the local German Chambers of Commerce, DEG is offering "German Desks". The service is available for SME German companies and their local trading partners. The particular needs of German firms and their local partners are handled at the office by a bank employee who operates in both languages and cultures.

A lot has changed since March: instead of the usual face-to-face events, we have tried out and offered many Web-ERFAs, talk formats and new workshop-like networking formats together with our member companies.

The loan conditions of KfW Corona Aid were adjusted and improved at short notice.

The VDMA is closely monitoring the developments around the corona virus and has provided VDMA members with topic-specific information on legal and insurance-related issues.

With the model-based online tool "Investment Calculator 4.0" and the accompanying guide, the VDMA is setting new standards in the economic evaluation of digitization projects.