Revenue Growth and Cash Management. What is the Cash Gap? Collection Period Payables Period...

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Revenue Growthand

Cash Management

What is the Cash Gap?

• Collection Period

• Payables Period

• Inventory Days

Cash Gap Computation

• Days in inventory + collection period - days in payables

• Inventory management improves cash gap

Cash Gap CalculationsDollar General Wal Mart Int'l Paper WeyerhaeyserThousands Millions Millions Millions

Sales 2,627,325$ 117,958$ 19,541$ 10,766$ Receivables - 976 2,469 978 Cost of sales 1,885,190 93,438 14,761 8,484 Inventory 631,954 16,497 2,719 962 Payables 179,958 9,126 1,525 699

Analyses

Days in receivables - 3 46 33 Days in inventory 122 64 67 41 Days in payables 35 36 38 30

Dollar General Wal Mart Int'l Paper Weyerhaeyser

Average daily amount financed 5,165$ 256$ 40$ 23$ Average daily cost of cash gap 362 18 3 2 Interest rate 7% 7% 7% 7%

Comparison to Competitors

122 days

Days in Inventory

35 days Cash Gap: 88 days

Payable days

Days in Inventory

36 days

Payable days

DollarGeneral

64 days

Cash Gap: 32 days

Collection Period: 3 days

Wal Mart

Sales Growth and Cash Gap

• Short gap allows high growth

• Long gap causes company to grow out of cash

• Margin and cash gap

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Monthly Cash Collected and ExpenseSixty Day Cash Gap--14% Growth

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Cash Gap and Fluctuating Sales

• Sales Variation

• Size of Cash Gap

• Cash Flow Variability

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Net Cash FlowCash Gaps from 30 to 120 Days

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