Tires for Less is a franchise of tire stores throughout the greater Northwest. It has projected the following unit sales per tire and costs of tires for the coming year:

The company policy is to have the next month€™s anticipated sales for each tire type in the warehouse. Shipments are made to the various stores throughout the Northwest from the central warehouse. Show the anticipated cost of tires each month for these projected sales by tire type, the beginning inventory volume and ending inventory volume each month for each tire, and the monthly increase or decrease in cash flows for inventory given that an increase is a use of cash and a decrease is a source of cash. Find the total cost of goods sold and change in monthly working capital cash flows for all tires. What do you notice about the working capital change when you combine all fourtires?

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All-Terrairn Snow Tires Rain Tires Tires $ 48 $ 4,000 $5,000 $ 7,000 $ 8,000 $12,000 $30,000 $39,000 $22,000 $ 8,000 $2,000 $1,000 $3,000 5,000 All-Purpose Tires $ 37 $60,000 $54,000 $50,000 $60,000 $65,000 $68,000 $75,000 $80,000 $70,000 $70,000 $65,000 $60,000 $60,000 Cost per tire42 Sales: Jan $44,000$20,000 Sales: Feb.$3 Sales: Mar $14,000 $46,000 Sales: Apr. 2,000 $22,000 $ 31 38,000 $36,000 Sales May 5$40,000 Sales: Jun.$ 0 0 $%20,000 Sales: Jul. 2,000 Sales:Aug.59 2000 Sales: Sep.$ 2,000 Sales: Oct.$0$14,000 Sales: Nov. $16,000 $18,000 Sales: De $82,000 Sales: Jan $20,000 $48,000 $22,000