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Chapter 3: 8DQ (page 247)
What are the advantages of commercial paper in comparison with bank borrowing at the prime rate? What is a disadvantage?
Commercial paper is advantageous as it has a low-interest rate as compared to borrowing from banks. The commercial paper is an unsecured source so it can be disadvantageous.
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Bambino Sporting Goods makes baseball gloves that are very popular in the spring and early summer season. Units sold are anticipated as follows:
March | 3,250 |
April | 7,250 |
May | 11,500 |
June | 9,500 |
Total units | 31,500 |
If seasonal production is used, it is assumed that inventory will directly match sales for each month and there will be no inventory build-up. The production manager thinks the preceding assumption is too optimistic and decides to go with level production to avoid being out of merchandise. He will produce the 31,500 units over four months at a level of 7,875 per month.
a. What is the ending inventory at the end of each month? Compare the unit sales to the units produced and keep a running total.
b. If the inventory costs $12 per unit and will be financed at the bank at a cost of 12 percent, what is the monthly financing cost and the total for the four months? (Use 0.01 as the monthly rate.)
Henderson Office Supply is considering a more liberal credit policy to increase sales, but expects that 9 percent of the new accounts will be uncollectible. Collection costs are 6 percent of new sales, production and selling costs are 74 percent, and accounts receivable turnover is four times. Assume income taxes of 20 percent and an increase in sales of $65,000. No other asset build-up will be required to service the new accounts.
c. Should Henderson liberalize credit if a 16 percent after-tax return on investment is required?
Why would a financial manager want to slow down disbursements?
What is the prime interest rate? How does the average bank customer fare in regard to the prime interest rate?
Neon Light Company of Kansas City ships lamps and lighting appliances throughout the country. Ms. Neon has determined that through the establishment of local collection centers around the country, she can speed up the collection of payments by three days. Furthermore, the cash management department of her bank has indicated to her that she can defer her payments on her accounts by one-half day without affecting suppliers. The bank has a remote disbursement center in Florida.
c. If the total cost of the new system is $400,000, should it be implemented?
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