Exam 23: Other Topics in Working Capital Management

If the lead time for placing an order is 5 days, and Aberwald holds a safety stock equal to a 30-day supply of chips, then at what inventory level should an order be placed?

Assume that Fashion Clothiers Inc. uses 1,440,000 yards of material each year. Further, assume that Fashion can order the material at a cost of $2 per yard, plus fixed ordering costs of $100 per order. The firm's carrying cost is 20 percent of the inventory value, at cost. -What is Fashion Clothiers' minimum costs of ordering and holding inventory?

The cash balances of most firms consist of transactions, compensating, precautionary, and speculative balances. We can produce a total desired cash balance by calculating the amount needed for each purpose and then summing them together.

The Norris Company is trying to determine its optimal average cash balance. The firm has determined that it will need $5,000,000 net new cash during the coming year. The fixed transaction cost of converting securities to cash is $50, and the firm earns 10 percent on its marketable securities investments. -What will be the total cost to Norris of maintaining the optimal average cash balance, as determined by the Baumol model?

Once each year, B. Smith Inc. receives a $2 million payment. Of this amount, $700,000 is needed for cash payments made during the next year. Each time Smith deposits money in its account, a charge of $2.00 is assessed to cover clerical costs. If Smith can hold marketable securities which yield 5 percent, and then convert these securities to cash at a cost of only the $2 deposit charge, what is the total cost for one year of holding the minimum cost cash balance according to the Baumol model?

Which of the following is true of the EOQ model? Note that the optimal order quantity, Q, will be called EOQ.

The easier a firm's access to borrowed funds the higher its precautionary balances will be, in order to protect against sudden increases in interest rates.

Aberwald Corporation expects to order 126,000 memory chips for inventory during the coming year, and it will use this inventory at a constant rate. Fixed ordering costs are $200 per order; the purchase price per chip is $25; and the firm's inventory carrying costs is equal to 20 percent of the purchase price. (Assume a 360-day year.) -If Aberwald holds a safety stock equal to a 30-day supply of chips, what is its average inventory level?

If a company increases its safety stock, then its average inventory will go up.

Suppose the Campus Bookstore purchases 50,000 boxes of writing tablets every year. Ordering costs are $100 per order and carrying costs are $0.40 per box. Moreover, management has determined that the EOQ is 5,000 boxes. The vendor now offers a quantity discount of $0.20 per box if the company buys tablets in order sizes of 10,000 boxes. Determine the before-tax benefit or loss of accepting the quantity discount. (Assume the carrying cost remains at $0.40 per box whether or not the discount is taken.)