Chapter 3: Q4DQ (page 182)
How is a cash budget used to help manage current assets?
Short Answer
The Cash budget provides a forecast of the cash flows and this helps in determining the build-up of each current asset and reduction of the same.
Chapter 3: Q4DQ (page 182)
How is a cash budget used to help manage current assets?
The Cash budget provides a forecast of the cash flows and this helps in determining the build-up of each current asset and reduction of the same.
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Get started for freeBombs Away Video Games Corporation has forecasted the following monthly sales:
January | \(100,000 |
February | \)93,000 |
March | \(25,000 |
April | \)25,000 |
May | \(20,000 |
June | \)35,000 |
July | \(45,000 |
August | \)45,000 |
September | \(55,000 |
October | \)85,000 |
November | \(105,000 |
December | \)123,000 |
Total annual sales | \(756,000 |
Bombs Away Video Games sells the popular Strafe and Capture video games. It sells for \)5 per unit and costs $2 per unit to produce. A level production policy is followed. Each month’s production is equal to annual sales (in units) divided by 12.
Of each month’s sales, 30 percent are for cash and 70 percent are on account. All accounts receivable are collected in the month after the sale is made.
a. Construct a monthly production and inventory schedule in units. Beginning inventory in January is 25,000 units. (Note: To do part a, you should work in terms of units of production and units of sales.)
Orbital Communications has operating plants in over 100 countries. It also keeps funds for transactions purposes in many foreign countries. Assume in 2010 it held 150,000 kronas in Norway worth \(40,000. The funds drew 13 percent interest, and the krona increased 6 percent against the dollar. What is the value of the holdings, based on U.S. dollars, at year-end?
(Hint: Multiply \)40,000 times 1.13 and then multiply the resulting value by 106 percent.)
What are the 5 Cs of credit that are sometimes used by bankers and others to determine whether a potential loan will be repaid?
“The most appropriate financing pattern would be one in which asset build-up and length of financing terms are perfectly matched.” Discuss the difficulty involved in achieving this financing pattern.
What does LIBOR mean? Is LIBOR normally higher or lower than the U.S. prime interest rate?
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