Question

A firm is considering several policy changes to increase sales. It will increase the variety of goods it keeps in inventory, but this will increase inventory by $12,000. It will offer more liberal sales terms, but this will result in average receivables increasing by $69,000. These actions are expected to increase sales by $820,000 per year, and cost of goods will remain at 80% of sales. Because of the firm’s increased purchases for its own production needs, average payables will increase by $37,000. What effect will these changes have on the firm’s cash cycle? (Use 365 days in a year. Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Change in cash cycle (in days) -

Answer 1