Historical data for the sales, accounts receivable, inventories, and accounts payable for the Crimson Mfg. Company follow:

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Historical data for the sales, accounts receivable, inventories, and accounts payable for the Crimson Mfg. Company follow:

Historical data for the sales, accounts receivable, inventories, and accounts

a. Calculate Crimson's days of sales outstanding and days of sales in inventory for each of the 5 years. What has Crimson accomplished in its attempts to better manage its investments in accounts receivable and inventory?
b. Calculate Crimson's cash conversion cycle for each of the 5 years. Evaluate the firm's overall management of its working capital.

Cash Conversion Cycle
Cash conversion cycle measures the total time a business takes to convert its cash on hand to produce, pay its suppliers, sell to its customers and collect cash from its customers. The process starts with purchasing of raw materials from suppliers,...
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
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Foundations Of Finance

ISBN: 9780134083285

9th Edition

Authors: Arthur J. Keown, John H. Martin, J. William Petty

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