Kinara Company, which produces women's clothing, has seasonal funding needs. Kinara has seasonal sales, with sales peak
Question:
Kinara Company, which produces women's clothing, has seasonal funding needs. Kinara has seasonal sales, with sales peak during the Eid season. Kinara holds, as a minimum, $ 50,000 in cash and securities, $ 200,000 in inventory, and $ 30,000 in accounts receivable. At peak times, inventory increased to $ 200,000 and accounts receivable increased to $ 170,000.
For production efficiency, Kinara produces clothes consistently every period of the year. Thus, debt remains $ 40,000 for the entire year.
Calculate:
a). Permanent funding needs with a minimum level of business assets and during the season.
b). Kinara total funding needs.
c). Kinara's total funding needs.
d). Total Cost of aggressive strategy.
e). Total Cost of conservative strategy.
Cost Management Measuring Monitoring and Motivating Performance
ISBN: 978-0470769423
2nd Canadian edition
Authors: Leslie G. Eldenburg, Susan Wolcott, Liang-Hsuan Chen, Gail Cook