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Activity 3
Activity 3
ACTIVITY 3
NAME: ________________________________________
1. JGS Corp has an average production process time of 50 days. Finished goods are kept on hand for an average
of 20 days before they are sold. Accounts receivable are outstanding an average of 35 days, and the firm
receives 50 credit days on its purchase from suppliers.
a. Estimate the average length of the firm’s short-term operating cycle. How often would the cycle turn
over in a 365-day year?
b. Assume net sales of P1,000,000 and cost of goods sold of P800,000. Determine the average investment
in accounts receivable, inventories, and accounts payable.
2. If the average age of inventory is 60 days, the average age of the accounts payable is 30 days, and the average
age of accounts receivable is 45 days, the number of days in cash flow cycle is?
3. Fruitcake Specialists sells 36,000 fruit cakes annually. Annual carrying costs are P5 per fruit cake and the
ordering costs are P100 per order. The firm has decided to maintain a safety stock of one month’s sales or
3,000 fruitcakes. The delivery time per order is 5 days. Assume a 365-day year.
a. What is the economic order quantity (EOQ)?
b. What is the average inventory?
c. How many orders should be placed each year?
d. What is the total inventory cost?
e. What is the reorder point?
4. The ASV Company sells large industrial dryers that have an inventory value of P500,000 each. The company
expects to order 500 units during the next calendar years. Ordering cost is P1,000 per order and carrying cost
is 20% of the value of average inventory. Find the:
a. Economic order quantity
b. Optimal number of orders per year
c. Total ordering cost per year