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ANALYZING THE ANNUAL REPORT

Accounts Receivable - There was a 33% change in days waiting for payment this year compared to last year. However, in the wrong direction! Harley-Davidson is waiting an average of 121 days for payment.

Inventory turnover - Need to compare this with the industry Turnover days this year is 26 with -3% decrease from last year. Going in the right direction.

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Attached is a copy of the "analyzing the annual report" report. It s a power point slide so if you go to slide show it is clearer. On the report, each category has a little write-up. I need a little more of an explaintation to the affect to the company. One or two sentences.

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Accounts Receivable - There was a 33% change in days waiting for payment this year compared to last year. However, in the wrong direction! Harley-Davidson is waiting an average of 121 days for payment.

Explaination: This clearly shows that Harley Davidson's collection policy is worsening and is extremely weak and inefficient It is reflected in the fact that the average collection period has not only increased, but it has increased by a substantial percentage over ...

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