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1. Custom Cars an accounts payable period of 42 days and an accounts receivable period of 36 days. The company turns over its inventory 12.8 times per year. What is the length of Custom Cars operating cycle and what is the length of Custom Car’s cash cycle? (please show how you arrive at your answer)
2. Patti’s Perfect currently has a 77 day operating cycle. The company is concentrating on increasing its inventory turnover rate from 6.5 times per year to 9.0 times. What will the firm's new operating cycle be if Patti can effectively make this change? (to the nearest whole year and please show how you arrive at your answer)
Question1. Operating Cycle= Inventory Period + Accounts Receivable Period
here Accounts Receivable Period= 36 Days
Inventory Period=365/ Inventory Turnover
here, Inventory Turnover =12.8
So, Inventory Period = 365/12.8 =28.52 Days
So, Length of Custom Cars operating cycle = 36+28.52 =64.52 or 65 Days
Cash Cycle=Inventory period+Accounts Receivable Period - Accounts Payable Period
here, inventory period =28.52 days, Accounts receivable period=36 days, accounts payable period=42 days
So, Custom Car's cash cycle = 28.52+36-42 =22.52 or 23 Days
Question2: Patti's Perfect current operating cycle=77 days
It's current inventory period =365/6.5 =56.15 days, where inventory turnover =6.5
So, Accounts Receivable Period= Operating Cycle - inventory period = 77 - 56.15 =20.85 days
now, if Patti can increase its inventory turnover rate to 9 times, then inventory period will be =365/9 = 40.56 Days
So, firm's new operating cycle will be = 40.56+20.85 =61.4 or 61 Days