Anthony Thomas Candies (ATC) reported the following financial data for 2021 and 2020: 2021 2020
Sales $ 314,000 $ 290,000
Sales returns and allowances 8,000 4,700
Net sales $ 306,000 $ 285,300
Cost of goods sold:
Inventory, January 1 62,000 18,000
Net purchases 139,000 142,000
Goods available for sale 201,000 160,000
Inventory, December 31 61,000 62,000
Cost of goods sold 140,000 98,000
Gross profit $ 166,000 $ 187,300
The average days inventory for ATC (rounded) for 2021 is: (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places. Round your final answer to the nearest whole number.)
A. 171 days.
B. 222 days.
C. 231 days
D. Less than 100 days.

D. Less than 100 days

Explanation:

Average days inventory = 365 / Inventory turnover rate

But

Inventory turnover rate = Cost of goods sold / Average inventory

Also,

Average inventory = (Beginning inventory + Ending inventory) / 2

= ($62,000 + $18,000) / 2

= $40,000

Inventory turnover rate = $201,000 / $40,000 = 5.025

Average days inventory = 365 / 5.025 = 72.64 days

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

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