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Solved by verified expert:ASSIGNMENT 1:This week’s discussion is related to the “cash conversion cycle” discussed in chapter 21. The CCC is a working capital metric used to evaluate the efficiency of a company’s inventory, AR, and AP turnover, and its relation to the company’s working capital.Using research, discuss the following:1) Why can’t most companies have a negative cash conversion cycle like Amazon and Dell have experienced? What advantages does this provide to Amazon and Dell?2) What could KB Homes and Toll Brothers do to reduce their CCC’s? Why would they want to do this?ASSIGNMENT 2:Richmond Enterprises is considering whether to pursue a restricted or relaxed current asset investment policy. The firm’s annual sales are $400,000; its fixed assets are $100,000; debt and equity are each 50 percent of total assets. EBIT is $36,000, the interest rate on the firm’s debt is 10 percent, and the firm’s tax rate is 40 percent. With a restricted policy, current assets will be 15 percent of sales. Under a relaxed policy, current assets will be 25 percent of sales. What is the difference in the projected ROEs between the restricted and relaxed policies?Show your work for full credit!
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Brigham & Daves
Intermediate Financial
Management, 12e
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CHAPTER 21
Supply Chains and Working
Capital Management
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Topics in Chapter
Alternative current operating assets
investment and financing policies
Cash, inventory, and A/R management
Accounts payable management
Short-term financing
Bank loans, their costs, and commercial
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Determinants of Intrinsic Value: Working Capital and FCF
Sales revenues
−
Operating costs and taxes
−
Required investments in operating capital
Free cash flow
(FCF)
Value =
=
FCF1
FCF2
FCF∞
+
+
···
+
(1 + WACC)1
(1 + WACC)2
(1 + WACC)∞
Weighted average
cost of capital
(WACC)
Market interest rates
Cost of debt
Firm’s debt/equity mix
Market risk aversion
Cost of equity
Firm’s business risk
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Basic Definitions
Net operating working capital (NOWC):
Operating CA – Operating CL =
(Cash + Inv. + A/R) – (Accruals + A/P)
Working capital:
Total current assets used in operations.
Net working capital:
Current assets – Current liabilities.
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Definitions (Continued)
Working capital management:
Includes both establishing working
capital policy and then the day-to-day
control of cash, inventories, receivables,
accruals, and accounts payable.
Working capital policy:
The level of each current asset.
How current assets are financed.
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Selected Ratios for RR
RR
Industry
Current
1.75
2.25
Quick
0.92
1.16
58.76%
50.00%
Turnover of Cash
16.67
22.22
DSO(365-day year)
45.63
32.00
Inv. Turnover
10.80
20.00
F.A. Turnover
7.75
13.22
T.A. Turnover
2.60
3.00
Profit Margin
2.07%
3.50%
10.45%
21.00%
30.00
33.00
TL/Assets
ROE
Payables deferral
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How does RR’s working capital
policy compare with the industry?
Working capital policy is reflected in a
firm’s current ratio, quick ratio, turnover
of cash and securities, inventory
turnover, and DSO.
These ratios indicate RR has large
amounts of working capital relative to
its level of sales. Thus, RR is following
a relaxed policy.
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Is RR inefficient or just
conservative?
A relaxed policy may be appropriate if it
reduces risk more than profitability.
However, RR is much less profitable
than the average firm in the industry.
This suggests that the company
probably has excessive working capital.
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Cash Conversion Cycle
The cash conversion cycle focuses on the time
between payments made for materials and
labor and payments received from sales:
Cash
Inventory
Average
Payables
Conversion = Conversion + Collection − Deferral
Cycle
Period
Period
Period
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Cash Conversion Cycle (Cont.)
Data:
Annual sales = $660,000
COGS/Sales = 90%
Inventory turnover = COGS/Inventory = 10.8
COGS = (0.9)($660,000) = $594,000.
Inventory = $594,000/10.8 = $55,000.
Inv. Conv. = $55,000/($594,000/365)
= 33.8 days.
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Cash Conversion Cycle (Cont.)
CCC =
Payables
Inventory + Days sales –
deferral
conversion
outstanding
period
period
CCC = 33.8 + 45.6 – 30
CCC = 49.4 days.
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Cash Management: Cash doesn’t earn
interest, so why hold it?
Transactions (Routine): Must have some cash
to pay current bills.
Transactions (Precaution): “Safety stock.”
Essential that the firm have sufficient cash to take
trade discounts.
Not as much needed if company has credit line or
other holdings of short-term securities.
Compensating balances: For loans and/or
services provided.
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What’s the goal of cash
management?
Minimize the cash amount the firm must
hold for conducting its normal business
activities, yet, at the same time, have a
sufficient cash reserve to:
Take trade discounts.
Pay promptly and maintain its credit
rating.
Meet any unexpected cash needs.
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Ways to Minimize Cash
Holdings
Use lockboxes.
Insist on wire transfers or automatic
debit from customers.
Synchronize inflows and outflows.
Use float.
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Minimizing Cash (Continued)
Increase forecast accuracy to reduce
the need for a cash “safety stock.”
Hold marketable securities instead of a
cash “safety stock.”
Negotiate a line of credit (also reduces
need for a “safety stock”).
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Cash Budget: The Primary
Cash Management Tool
Purpose: Uses forecasts of cash inflows,
outflows, and ending cash balances to predict
loan needs and funds available for temporary
investment.
Timing: Daily, weekly, or monthly,
depending upon budget’s purpose. Monthly
for annual planning, daily for actual cash
management.
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Data Required for Cash
Budget
Sales forecast.
Information on collections delay.
Forecast of purchases and payment
terms.
Forecast of cash expenses: wages,
taxes, utilities, and so on.
Initial cash on hand.
Target cash balance.
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RR’s Cash Budget for January
and February
Net Cash Inflows
January
February
Collections
$67,651.95
$62,755.40
Purchases
44,603.75
36,472.65
Wages
6,690.56
5,470.90
Rent
2,500.00
2,500.00
$53,794.31
$44,443.55
Total Payments
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Cash Budget (Continued)
January
February
Cash on hand at
start of forecast
$3,000.00
Net CF (Coll – Pymt)
13,857.64
18,311.85
$16,857.64
$35,169.49
– Target cash
1,500.00
1,500.00
Surplus cash
$15,357.64
$33,669.49
Cumulative NCF
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Should depreciation be explicitly
included in the cash budget?
No. Depreciation is a noncash charge.
Only cash payments and receipts
appear on cash budget.
However, depreciation does affect
taxes, which do appear in the cash
budget.
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What are some other potential
cash inflows besides collections?
Proceeds from fixed asset sales.
Proceeds from stock and bond sales.
Interest earned.
Court settlements.
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How can interest earned or paid on shortterm securities or loans be incorporated in
the cash budget?
Interest earned: Add line in the collections
section.
Interest paid: Add line in the payments
section.
Found as interest rate x surplus/loan line of
cash budget for preceding month.
Note: Interest on any other debt would need
to be incorporated as well.
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How could bad debts be
worked into the cash budget?
Collections would be reduced by the
amount of bad debt losses.
For example, if the firm had 3% bad
debt losses, collections would total only
97% of sales.
Lower collections would lead to lower
surpluses and higher borrowing
requirements.
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Cash budget forecasts the company’s cash
holdings to exceed targeted cash balance every
month, except for October and November.
Cash budget indicates the company
probably is holding too much cash.
RR could improve its EVA by either
investing its excess cash in more
productive assets or by paying it out to
the firm’s shareholders.
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Why might RR want to maintain a
relatively high amount of cash?
If sales turn out to be considerably less than
expected, RR could face a cash shortfall.
A company may choose to hold large
amounts of cash if it does not have much
faith in its sales forecast, or if it is very
conservative.
The cash may be there, in part, to fund a
planned fixed asset acquisition.
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Is RR holding too much
inventory?
RR’s inventory turnover (10.80) is
considerably lower than the industry average
(20.00). The firm is carrying a lot of
inventory per dollar of sales.
By holding excessive inventory, the firm is
increasing its operating costs which reduces
its NOPAT. Moreover, the excess inventory
must be financed, so EVA is further lowered.
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If RR reduces its inventory, without
adversely affecting sales, what effect will
this have on its cash position?
Short run: Cash will increase as
inventory purchases decline.
Long run: Company is likely to then
take steps to reduce its cash holdings.
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Accounts Receivable Management: Do
RR’s customers pay more or less promptly
than those of its competitors?
RR’s days’ sales outstanding (DSO) of
45.6 days is well above the industry
average (32 days).
RR’s customers are paying less
promptly.
RR should consider tightening its credit
policy to reduce its DSO.
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Elements of Credit Policy
Cash Discounts: Lowers price. Attracts
new customers and reduces DSO.
Credit Period: How long to pay?
Shorter period reduces DSO and
average A/R, but it may discourage
sales.
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Credit Policy (Continued)
Credit Standards: Tighter standards
reduce bad debt losses, but may reduce
sales. Fewer bad debts reduces DSO.
Collection Policy: Tougher policy will
reduce DSO, but may damage customer
relationships.
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Does RR face any risk if it
tightens its credit policy?
YES! A tighter credit policy may
discourage sales. Some customers may
choose to go elsewhere if they are
pressured to pay their bills sooner.
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If RR succeeds in reducing DSO without
adversely affecting sales, what effect
would this have on its cash position?
Short run: If customers pay sooner,
this increases cash holdings.
Long run: Over time, the company
would hopefully invest the cash in more
productive assets, or pay it out to
shareholders. Both of these actions
would increase EVA.
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Is there a cost to accruals?
Can firms control accruals?
Accruals are free in that no explicit
interest is charged.
Firms have little control over the level
of accruals. Levels are influenced more
by industry custom, economic factors,
and tax laws.
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What is trade credit?
Trade credit is credit furnished by a
firm’s suppliers.
Trade credit is often the largest source
of short-term credit, especially for small
firms.
Spontaneous, easy to get, but cost can
be high.
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RR buys $200,000 of materials net, on
terms of 1/10, net 30 but pays on Day 40.
Find free and costly trade credit.
Net daily purchases = $200,000/365
= $547.94.
Ann. gross purch.= $200,000/(1 – 0.01)
= $202,020.
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Gross/Net Breakdown
Company buys equip worth $200,000.
That’s the equipment’s cash price.
The firm must pay $2,020 more if it
doesn’t take discounts.
Think of the extra $2,020 as a financing
cost similar to the interest on a loan.
Want to compare that cost with the cost
of a bank loan.
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