Chapter 3: Q9DQ (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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Eastern Auto Parts Inc. has 15 percent of its sales paid for in cash and 85 percent on credit. All credit accounts are collected in the following month. Assume the following sales:
January | \(65,000 |
February | \)55,000 |
March | \(100,000 |
April | \)45,000 |
Sales in December of the prior year were $75,000. Prepare a cash receipts schedule for January through April.
What are the advantages of commercial paper in comparison with bank borrowing at the prime rate? What is a disadvantage?
In the second year, Fisk Corporation finds that it can reduce ordering costs to \(2 per order but that carrying costs stay the same at \)1.60 per unit. Also, volume remains at 49,000 units per year.
d. What is the total cost of ordering and carrying inventory?
Biochemical Corp. requires $550,000 in financing over the next three years. The firm can borrow the funds for three years at 10.60 percent interest per year. The CEO decides to do a forecast and predicts that if she utilizes short-term financing instead, she will pay 8.75 percent interest in the first year, 13.25 percent interest in the second year, and 10.15 percent interest in the third year. Determine the total interest cost under each plan. Which plan is less costly?
Esquire Products Inc. expects the following monthly sales:
January | \(28,000 |
February | \)19,000 |
March | \(12,000 |
April | \)14,000 |
May | \(8,000 |
June | \)6,000 |
July | \(22,000 |
August | \)26,000 |
September | \(29,000 |
October | \)34,000 |
November | \(42,000 |
December | \)24,000 |
Total annual sales | \(264,000 |
Cash sales are 40 percent in a given month, with the remainder going into accounts receivable. All receivables are collected in the month following the sale. Esquire sells all of its goods for \)2 each and produces them for \(1 each. Esquire uses level production, and average monthly production is equal to annual production divided by 12.
e. Determine total current assets for each month. Include cash, accounts receivable, and inventory. Accounts receivable equal sales minus 40 percent of sales for a given month. Inventory is equal to ending inventory (part a) times the cost of \)1 per unit.
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