Chapter 3: 7DQ (page 219)
What are three quantitative measures that can be applied to the collection policy of the firm?
The average collection period, bad debt to sales ratio, and accounts receivables aging are applied to the collection policy.
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Guardian Inc. is trying to develop an asset financing plan. The firm has \(400,000 in temporary current assets and \)300,000 in permanent current assets. Guardian also has $500,000 in fixed assets. Assume a tax rate of 40 percent.
a. Construct two alternative financing plans for Guardian. One of the plans should be conservative, with 75 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. The current interest rate is 15 percent on long-term funds and 10 percent on short-term financing.
City Farm Insurance has collection centers across the country to speed up collections. The company also makes its disbursements from remote disbursement centers so the firm’s checks will take longer to clear the bank. Collection time has been reduced by two days and disbursement time increased by one day because of these policies. Excess funds are being invested in short-term instruments yielding 12 percent per annum.
a. If City Farm has \(5 million per day in collections and \)3 million per day in disbursements, how many dollars has the cash management system freed up?
Explain why the bad debt percentage or any other similar credit-control percentage is not the ultimate measure of success in the management of accounts receivable. What is the key consideration?
Fisk Corporation is trying to improve its inventory control system and has installed an online computer at its retail stores. Fisk anticipates sales of 49,000 units per year, an ordering cost of \(8 per order, and carrying costs of \)1.60 per unit.
a. What is the economic ordering quantity?
How is a cash budget used to help manage current assets?
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