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Parramore Corp has $16 million of sales, $1 million of inventories, $2 million of receivables, and $1 million of payables. Its cost of goods sold is 75% of sales, and it finances working capital with bank loans at an 6% rate. Assume 365 days in year for your calculations. Do not round intermediate steps.
A. What is Parramore's cash conversion cycle (CCC)? Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal
places.
days
B. If Parramore could lower its inventories and
receivables by 12% each and increase its payables by 12%, all
without affecting sales or cost of goods sold, what would be the
new CCC? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer
to two decimal places.
days
C. How much cash would be freed up, if Parramore could
lower its inventories and receivables by 12% each and
increase its payables by 12%, all without affecting sales or cost
of goods sold? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your
answer to the nearest cent. Write out your answer completely. For
Example, 13.2 million should be entered as 13,200,000.
$
D. By how much would pretax profits change, if Parramore could
lower its inventories and receivables by 12% each and
increase its payables by 12%, all without affecting sales or cost
of goods sold? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your
answer to the nearest cent. Write out your answer completely. For
Example, 13.2 million should be entered as 13,200,000.
$
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