Manitoba Transport collects 75% of its monthly sales immediately and the rest at the end of the month; has production costs that are 60% of sales; pays 50% of its bills immediately and the rest at the end of the month; and has four months of sales in inventory. Required: a) What is its break-even sales growth rate? b) Suppose Manitoba Transport adopts a more efficient inventory policy that reduces the size of the inventory to three months of sales. Manitoba Transport also reduces its production costs to 55% of sales. What is the new break-even sales growth rate?
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![Manitoba Transport collects 75% of its monthly sales immediately and the rest at the
end of the month; has production costs that are 60% of sales; pays 50% of its bills
immediately and the rest at the end of the month; and has four months of sales in
inventory.
Required:
a)
What is its break-even sales growth rate?
b)
Suppose Manitoba Transport adopts a more efficient inventory policy that
reduces the size of the inventory to three months of sales. Manitoba Transport also
reduces its production costs to 55% of sales. What is the new break-even sales growth
rate?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F027db353-559d-414a-830f-e861a52b9970%2F24759a81-74c1-48a5-b2e3-f3f557ba0237%2Fmlrwmac_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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