Prestopino Corporation produces motorcycle batteries. Prestopino turns out 1,000
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Prestopino Corporation produces motorcycle batteries. Prestopino turns out 1,000 batteries a day at a cost of $7 per battery for materials and labor. It takes the firm 22 days to convert raw materials into a battery. Prestopino allows its customers 40 days in which to pay for the batteries, and the firm generally pays its suppliers in 30 days. Assume 365 days in year for your calculations.
What is the length of Prestopino's cash conversion cycle? Round your answer to two decimal places.
days
At a steady state in which Prestopino produces 1,000 batteries a day, what amount of working capital must it finance? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
$
By what amount could Prestopino reduce its working capital financing needs if it was able to stretch its payables deferral period to 47 days? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
$
Prestopino's management is trying to analyze the effect of a proposed new production process on its working capital investment. The new production process would allow Prestopino to decrease its inventory conversion period to 17 days and to increase its daily production to 1,750 batteries. However, the new process would cause the cost of materials and labor to increase to $11. Assuming the change does not affect the average collection period (40 days) or the payables deferral period (30 days), what will be the length of its cash conversion cycle and its working capital financing requirement if the new production process is implemented? Round your answers to two decimal places.
Explanation / Answer
a) Cash conversion cycle = 40 days + 22 days - 30 days = 32 days
B) Working capital financing =1000 battries *$7 * 32 days = $224,000
c) streching the payable deferred paid to 47 days mean its days increase by 17 days , hence its cash conversion cycle would also decrese by 17 days
Decrease in working capital financing = 1000 *$7* 17 days = $119,000
d) cash conversion cycke = 40 + 17 - 30 = 27 days
Working capital financing = 1750 *$11*27 = $519,750
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