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- How is inventory turnover calculated?

- Explain how inventory turnover affects the amount of cash that must be invested in inventory.

- How is accounts receivable turnover calculated?

- Explain how accounts receivable turnover affects the amount of cash that must be invested in accounts receivable.

- Assuming that a company has $365 million in annual sales, and a gross margin of 20%, how much investment will each additional day of sales in inventory require?

- Assuming that a company has $365 million in annual sales, and a gross margin of 20%, how much investment will each additional day of sales in accounts receivable require?

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Your tutorial is in Excel (attached). Click in cells to see computations. One day's investment in inventory and AR are computed for you and discussion walks you through it.

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Inventory turnover:

cost of goods sold
average inventory

Accounts receivable ...

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