EMW Company manufactures and distributes clothing. You have been provided with the following estimates for the coming
Question:
EMW Company manufactures and distributes clothing. You have been provided with the following estimates for the coming year which have come from the forecast financial statements:
£’000
Sales 6,000
Cost of sales 4,500
Receivables 2,400
Finished goods 400
Work in progress (80% complete) 550
Raw materials 200
Payables 190
Material purchases for the year will make up 50% of the cost of sales and the company is expected to have a bank overdraft of £500,000 bearing an annual rate of interest of 7%. The average cost of the company’s long-term finance is 11%. High inflation has lead to the company’s input costs rising significantly over the past year which has deteriorated its profit margin.
Required:
a)Calculate the company’s cash operating cycle to the nearest day.
b)Suggest four methods for reducing the length o the cash operating cycle.
c)Calculate the working capital requirement the cost of funding the current assets of the company. )
d)Discuss the three working capital funding strategies that could be adopted by EMW Co.
e)Discuss the problems that businesses are likely to experience if there is high inflation.