4-2 Why would the inventory turnover ratio be more important for someone analyzing a grocery store chain than an insurance company? The inventory turnover ratio is important to a grocery store because of the much larger inventory required and because some of that inventory is perishable. An insurance company would have no inventory to speak of since its line of business is selling insurance policies or other similar financial products--contracts written on paper and entered into between the company
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000 in 2010 and $1‚200‚000 in 2011. a. Calculate the inventory turnover for each year. Comment on your findings b. What would have been the amount of inventories in 2011 if the 2010 turnover ratio had been maintained? a. inventory turnover for 2010 =COGS/Inventory = $1‚000‚000/350‚000=2.857 inventory turnover for 2011 =COGS/Inventory = $1‚200‚000/500‚000=2.4 b. $1‚200‚000 /inventory =2.857 Inventory in 2011 to maintain 2010 turnover ratio = $420‚021.00 2. The Robinson Company has
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A high inventory turnover ratio is sometimes not a good thing for it reveals that the company may not have enough inventories to sell. People can analyze inventory turnover ratio with days in the inventory ratio. Nordstrom’s inventory turnover ratio in 2014 is 5.15 times which means the company turns over its inventory into sales 5 times a year‚ and the ratio in 2013 is 5.35 times. By comparing the inventory turnover ratio from 2013 with the ratio form 2014‚
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our strategic investments boost our activity First‚ our gross profit on net sales ratio for 2010 is equal to about 20% like its main competitor‚ Staples‚ except that Amazon sales are three times superior to Staples sales. In fact‚ for 5 years‚ our average growth in sales has been 34% against 25% for the industry. This higher progression is due to investments in all aspects of the customer experience‚ including: lowering prices‚ improving availability‚ offering faster delivery and increasing product
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|2005 |2006 | |Inventory Turnover Ratio |0 |1.11 |0.097 |0.085 |0.696 | |Average No. Days Inventory In Stock |0 |328.9 |3742.72 |4301.69 |524.56 | Interpretations: Short Term Activity ratios calculate the operational efficiency regarding the utilization of short term assets Inventory Turnover Ratio: The ratio tells about how many times Inventory turnover is made or complete in a given
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1. Project Title The impact of publicity on the collection of Turnover Tax by Zambia Revenue Authority: A case of the Small Taxpayer Population in Zambia. Publicity here means all those activities that Zambia Revenue Authority does to ensure that all its activities relating to the taxes administered are well known to the taxpaying community. The small taxpayer population is a group of taxpayers whose yearly turnover does not exceed K200 million in a particular 12 months year. 2. Research
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more accurately forecast expected inventory for low-volume products‚ as well as produce products twice a period. In order to create a solution for Steelworks inventory problem it is necessary to make the following assumptions. First‚ we assumed a 92% service level taking into account the large percentage of canceled orders (up to 30%)‚ and allows for high customer retention. To estimate lead time we looked to the average lot size‚ and then compared it to average demand‚ which gave us a lead time
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6 Tips to Drive Inventory Turnover Posted by Ted Hurlbut on Tue‚ Jun 19‚ 2012 @ 10:29 PM Driving inventory turnover is one of the hallmarks of the very best independent retailers. In almost every case‚ an independent retailer that turns their inventory quickly will outperform a competitor that turns their inventory more slowly. Why is this? An inventory that’s turning quickly typically is lean and focused‚ with exceptional assortments‚ a continuous flow of new merchandise‚ and compelling presentations
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Colin Drury‚ Management and Cost Accounting – Reichard Maschinen GmbH Reichard Maschinen‚ GmbH Professor John Shank‚ The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration Dartmouth College This case is reprinted from Cases in Cost Management‚ Shank‚ J.K.‚ 1996‚ South Western Publishing Company. The case was adapted by Professor John Shank‚ from an earlier case published by IMEDE (now IMD in Lausanne‚ Switzerland) and revised by Professor M. Edgar Barrett of the American International Graduate Business
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= 1.5974 iii. Times Interest earned ratio = (165‚234 + 119‚658) / 119‚658 = 2.3808 c. Operating Ratios i. Avg. Inventory turnover = 2‚625‚340 / [(627‚853 + 568‚421) / 2] = 4.3891 ii. Avg. Collection Period = 3‚897‚564 / 507‚951 = 7.6731 = 365 / 7.6731 = 47.59 days iii. Avg. Payable Period = 2‚565‚908 / 241‚881 = 10.61 = 365 / 10.61 = 34.4 days iv. Net sales to total assets = 3‚897‚564 / 2‚015‚677 = 1.9336 d. Profitability
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