Question

Cold Chiller Corporation (CCC) has annual sales of $10 million, cost of goods sold of 60 percent, average age of inventory of 80 days, average collection period of 35 days, average payment period of 30 days, and purchases that are 60 percent of cost of goods sold. How much does CCC have invested in its cash conversion cycle assuming a 365-day year?

Answer 1

Answer:

Cold Chiller Corporation (CCC)

Investment in cash conversion cycle:

= $10 million x 60% = $6million

which is invested for 145 (80 + 35 + 30) days before being realized as cash.

Explanation:

The cash conversion cycle (CCC) is a metric that expresses the time (measured in days) it takes for a company to convert its investments in inventory and other resources into cash flows from sales.  It gives us an indication as to how long it takes a company to collect cash from sales of inventory. Often a company will finance its inventory instead of paying for it with cash up front.

The formula for the Cash Conversion Cycle is:

CCC = Days of Sales Outstanding PLUS Days of Inventory Outstanding MINUS Days of Payables Outstanding.

CCC = DSO + DIO – DPO.

Days of Sales outstanding:

DSO = [(Beginning Accounts Receivable + Ending Account Receivable) / 2] / (Revenue / 365)

Days of Inventory Outstanding:

DIO = [(Beginning Inventory + Ending Inventory / 2)] / (COGS / 365)

Operating Cycle = DSO + DIO.

Days of Payables Outstanding:

DPO = [(Beginning Accounts Payable +Ending Accounts Payable) / 2] / (COGS / 365)