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Chapter 3: Q2DQ (page 218)
Explain the similarities and differences of lockbox systems and regional collection offices
The lockbox system and regional collection offices are used to clear the checks, but both use different models for the check clearing process.
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Explain how rapidly expanding sales can drain the cash resources of a firm.
Boatler Used Cadillac Co. requires $850,000 in financing over the next two years. The firm can borrow the funds for two years at 12 percent interest per year. Mr. Boatler decides to do forecasting and predicts that if he utilizes short term financing instead, he will pay 7.75 percent interest in the first year and 13.55 percent interest in the second year. Determine the total two-year interest cost under each plan. Which plan is less costly?
By using long-term financing to finance part of temporary current assets, a firm may have less risk but lower returns than a firm with a normal financing plan. Explain the significance of this statement.
Assume that Hogan Surgical Instruments Co. has \(2,500,000 in assets. If it goes with a low-liquidity plan for the assets, it can earn a return of 18 percent, but with a high-liquidity plan, the return will be 14 percent. If the firm goes with a short-term financing plan, the financing costs on the \)2,500,000 will be 10 percent, and with a long-term financing plan, the financing costs on the $2,500,000 will be 12 percent. (Review Table 6-11 for parts a, b, and c of this problem.)
a. Compute the anticipated return after financing costs with the most aggressive asset financing mix.
b. Compute the anticipated return after financing costs with the most conservative asset financing mix.
c. Compute the anticipated return after financing costs with the two moderate approaches to the asset financing mix.
d. Would you necessarily accept the plan with the highest return after financing costs? Briefly explain.
Question: Nowlin Pipe & Steel has projected sales of 72,000 pipes this year, an ordering cost of \(6 per order, and carrying costs of \)2.40 per pipe.
b. How many orders will be placed during the year?
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