For 2007, Morris Company had 73 days of in

问题单项选择题

For 2007, Morris Company had 73 days of inventory on hand. Morris would like to decrease its days of inventory on hand to 50. Morris’ cost of goods sold for 2007 was $100 million. Morris expects cost of goods sold to be $124.1 million in 2008. Assuming a 365 day year, compute the impact on Morris’ operating cash flow of the change in average inventory for 2008.（）

A. $ 3.0 million use of cash.

B. $ 6.3 million use of cash.

C. $ 3.0 million source of cash.

答案

参考答案：C

解析：

2007 inventory turnover was 5 (365/73 days in inventory). Given inventory turnover and COGS, 2007 average inventory was $ 20 million ($100 million COGS/5 inventory turnover). 2008 inventory turnover is expected to be 7.3 (365/50 days in inventory). Given expected inventory turnover, 2008 average inventory is $17 million ($124.1 million COGS/7.3 expected inventory turnover). To achieve 50 days of inventory on hand, average inventory must decline $ 3 million ($20 million 2007 average inventory -$17 million 2008 expected inventory). A decrease in inventory is a source of cash.