Chapter 3: 9DQ (page 219)
What does the EOQ formula tell us? What assumption is made about the usage rate for inventory?
The EOQ reflects an optimum level of inventory that should be ordered to minimize the inventory cost by an organization. It assumes that the inventory is consumed at a constant rate.
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Route Canal Shipping Company has the following schedule for aging of accounts receivable:
d. Disregarding your answer to part c and considering the aging schedule for accounts receivable, should the company be satisfied?
Question: Nowlin Pipe & Steel has projected sales of 72,000 pipes this year, an ordering cost of \(6 per order, and carrying costs of \)2.40 per pipe.
b. How many orders will be placed during the year?
Knight Roundtable Co. has annual credit sales of $1,080,000 and an average collection period of 32 days in 2008. Assume a 360-day year. What is the company’s average accounts receivable balance? Accounts receivable are equal to the average daily credit sales times the average collection period
In Problem 12, assume the term structure of interest rates becomes inverted, with short-term rates going to 11 percent and long-term rates 5 percentage points lower than short-term rates. If all other factors in the problem remain unchanged, what will earnings after taxes be?
Bombs Away Video Games Corporation has forecasted the following monthly sales:
January | \(100,000 |
February | \)93,000 |
March | \(25,000 |
April | \)25,000 |
May | \(20,000 |
June | \)35,000 |
July | \(45,000 |
August | \)45,000 |
September | \(55,000 |
October | \)85,000 |
November | \(105,000 |
December | \)123,000 |
Total annual sales | \(756,000 |
Bombs Away Video Games sells the popular Strafe and Capture video game. It sells for \)5 per unit and costs \(2 per unit to produce. A level production policy is followed. Each month’s production is equal to annual sales (in units) divided by 12.
Of each month’s sales, 30 percent are for cash and 70 percent are on account. All accounts receivable are collected in the month after the sale is made.
b. Prepare a monthly schedule of cash receipts. Sales in the December before the planning year are \)100,000. Work part b using dollars.
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