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A firm's inventory turnover (IT) is 5 times on a cost of goods sold of Rs. 8,00,000. If the IT is…

Rs. 60,000 is released from inventory. Average inventory initially equals \(8,00,000/5\) \(=\text{Rs. }1,60,000\), and after the improvement it equals \(8,00,000/8\)…

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A firm's inventory turnover (IT) is 5 times on a cost of goods sold of Rs. 8,00,000. If the IT is improved to 8 times while the COGS remains the same, a substantial amount of funds is released from or additionally invested in inventory. In fact,

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Rs. 60,000 is released from inventory. Average inventory initially equals 8,00,000/58,00,000/5 =Rs. 1,60,000=\text{Rs. }1,60,000, and after the improvement it equals 8,00,000/88,00,000/8 =Rs. 1,00,000=\text{Rs. }1,00,000. The reduction is Rs. 60,000.

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