Inventory Analysis The following data were extracted from the income statement of Keever Inc.: Current YearPrevious Year Sales$18,500,000 $20,000,000 Beginning inventories940,000 860,000 Cost of goods sold9,270,000 10,800,000 Ending inventories1,120,000 940,000 a. Determine for each year (1) the inventory turnover and (2) the number of days' sales in inventory. Round interim calculations to the nearest dollar and final answers to one decimal place. Assume 365 days a year. Current YearPrevious Year 1. Inventory turnoverfill in the blank 1 fill in the blank 2 2. Number of days' sales in inventoryfill in the blank 3 daysfill in the blank 4 days b. The inventory position of the business has . The inventory turnover has , while the number of days' sales in inventory has . The sales volume has faster than the inventory, resulting in a

Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Cash flow is often a problem for small businesses. how can an entrepreneur increase cash flow? a) locate lower-priced suppliers. b) forego sending in estimated tax payments to the irs c) shorten the terms on a bank loan to pay it off more quickly d) sell more low-margin items.

Consider the scenario below and let us know if you believe lauren smith's actions to be ethical. let us know why or why not. lauren smith is the controller for sports central, a chain of sporting goods stores. she has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. therefore, lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. in making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. if management decided to go with lauren's uncle's plaza, what additional information would be needed in the financial statements?