Last year the company reported a sale of USD 8 million and an inventory turnover ratio of 4. It is now opting for a new inventory system that is able to reduce the firm's inventory level and increase the firm's inventory turnover turnover ratio to 6 while maintaining the same level of sales. How much cash will be freed up?
Last year the company reported a sale of USD 8 million and an inventory turnover ratio of 4. It is now opting for a new inventory system that is able to reduce the firm's inventory level and increase the firm's inventory turnover turnover ratio to 6 while maintaining the same level of sales. How much cash will be freed up?
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![Last year the company reported a sale of
USD 8 million and an inventory turnover
ratio of 4. It is now opting for a new inventory
system that is able to reduce the firm's
inventory level and increase the firm's
inventory turnover
turnover ratio to 6 while
maintaining the same level of sales.
How much cash will be freed up?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F6745e55c-5815-411e-859b-b97ce599f953%2F2b2894eb-88e1-43df-a1cd-a7a7d0555f8f%2Fmddad0l_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Last year the company reported a sale of
USD 8 million and an inventory turnover
ratio of 4. It is now opting for a new inventory
system that is able to reduce the firm's
inventory level and increase the firm's
inventory turnover
turnover ratio to 6 while
maintaining the same level of sales.
How much cash will be freed up?
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