m Afrooz is a leading producer of automobile batteries. It turns out 1,500 batteries a day at a cost of Tk. 6 per battery for materials and labor. It takes the firm 22 days to convert raw materials into the battery. It allows its customers 40 days in which to pay for the batteries and the firm generally pays its suppliers in 30 days. a) What is the length of cash conversion cycle? b) If the firm always produces and sales 1,500 batteries a day, what amount of working capital must it finance? c) By what amount would the firm reduce its working capital financing needs if it was able to stretch its payables deferral period to 35 days?

m Afrooz is a leading producer of automobile batteries. It turns out 1,500 batteries a day at a cost of Tk. 6 per battery for materials and labor. It takes the firm 22 days to convert raw materials into the battery. It allows its customers 40 days in which to pay for the batteries and the firm generally pays its suppliers in 30 days. a) What is the length of cash conversion cycle? b) If the firm always produces and sales 1,500 batteries a day, what amount of working capital must it finance? c) By what amount would the firm reduce its working capital financing needs if it was able to stretch its payables deferral period to 35 days?

Principles of Accounting Volume 2

19th Edition

ISBN:9781947172609

Author:OpenStax

Publisher:OpenStax

Chapter10: Short-term Decision Making

Section: Chapter Questions

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