The management of XYZ Co has annual credit sales of $20 million and accounts receivable of $4 million. Working capital is financed by an overdraft at 12% interest per year. Assume 365 days in a year.
What is the annual finance cost saving if the management reduces the collection period to 60 days?
A. $85,479
B. $394,521
C. $78,904
D. $68,384
Cat Co places monthly orders with a supplier for 10,000 components which are used in its manufacturing processes. Annual demand is 120,000 components. The current terms are payment in full within 90 days, which Cat Co meets, and the cost per component is $7·50. The cost of ordering is $200 per order, while the cost of holding components in inventory is $1·00 per component per year.
The supplier has offered a discount of 3·6% on orders of 30,000 or more components. If the bulk purchase discount is taken, the cost of holding components in inventory would increase to $2·20 per component per year due to the need for a larger storage facility.
Required:
(b) Calculate if Cat Co will benefit financially by accepting the offer of the bulk purchase discount. (4 marks)
KXP Co is an e-business which trades solely over the internet. In the last year the company had sales of $15 million. All sales were on 30 days’ credit to commercial customers.
Extracts from the company’s most recent statement of financial position relating to working capital are as follows:
Trade receivables 2,466,000
Trade payables 2,220,000
Overdraft 3,000,000
In order to encourage customers to pay on time, KXP Co proposes introducing an early settlement discount of 1% for payment within 30 days, while increasing its normal credit period to 45 days. It is expected that, on average, 50% of customers will take the discount and pay within 30 days, 30% of customers will pay after 45 days, and 20% of customers will not change their current paying behaviour.
KXP Co currently orders 15,000 units per month of Product Z, demand for which is constant. There is only one supplier of Product Z and the cost of Product Z purchases over the last year was $540,000. The supplier has offered a 2% discount for orders of Product Z of 30,000 units or more. Each order costs KXP Co $150 to place and the holding cost is 24 cents per unit per year.
KXP Co has an overdraft facility charging interest of 6% per year.
Required:
Calculate the net benefit or cost of the proposed changes in trade receivables policy and comment on your findings.