Pascarella inc. is revising its payables policy. it has annual sales of $50,735,000, an average inventory level of $15,012,000, and average accounts receivable of $10,008,000. the firm's cost of goods sold is 85% of sales. the company makes all purchases on credit and has always paid on the 30th day. however, it now plans to take full advantage of trade credit and to pay its suppliers on the 40th day. the cfo also believes that sales can be maintained at the existing level but inventory can be lowered by $1,946,000 and accounts receivable by $1,946,000. what will be the net change in the cash conversion cycle, assuming a 365-day year

Analyzing operational changes operating results for department b of delta company during 2016 are as follows: sales $540,000 cost of goods sold 378,000 gross profit 162,000 direct expenses 120,000 common expenses 66,000 total expenses 186,000 net loss $(24,000) suppose that department b could increase physical volume of product sold by 10% if it spent an additional $18,000 on advertising while leaving selling prices unchanged. what effect would this have on the department's net income or net loss? (ignore income tax in your calculations.) use a negative sign to indicate a net loss answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. sales $answer cost of goods sold answer gross profit answer direct expenses answer common expenses answer total expenses answer net income (loss) $answer