Use the information from the table below to calculate the days sales outstanding ratio. Balance Sheet (Millions of $)

Assets 2016
Cash and securities $2,145
Accounts receivable 8,970
Inventories 12,480
Total current assets $23,595
Net plant and equipment $15,405
Total assets $39,000
Liabilities and Equity:
Accounts payable $7,410
Accruals 4,290
Notes payable 5,460
Total current liabilities $17,160
Long-term bonds $7,800
Total liabilities $24,960
Common stock $5,460
Retained earnings 8,580
Total common equity $14,040
Total liabilities and equity $39,000

Income Statement (Millions of $) 2016
Net sales $58,500
Operating costs except depreciation 54,698
Depreciation 1,024
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) $2,779
Less interest 829
Earnings before taxes (EBT) $1,950
Taxes 683
Net income $1,268
Other data:
Shares outstanding (millions) 500.00
Common dividends (millions of $) $443.63
Int rate on notes payable 6.25%
Federal plus state income tax rate 35%
Year-end stock price $30.42

a. 50.93
b. 55.97
c. 69.96
d. 68.84

The beach dude (bd) employs a legion of current and former surfers as salespeople who push its surfing-oriented products to various customers (usually retail outlets). this case describes bd's sales and collection process. each bd salesperson works with a specific group of customers throughout the year. in fact, they often surf with their customers to try out the latest surf gear. the bd salespeople act laid-back, but they work hard for their sales. each sale often involves hours of surfing with their customers while the customers sample all the latest surf wear. because bd makes the best surfing products, the customers look forward to the visits from the bd salespeople. and they often buy a lot of gear. each sale is identified by a unique invoice number and usually involves many different products. customers pay for each sale in full within 30 days, but they can combine payments for multiple sales. bd manages its clothing inventory by item (e.g., xl bd surfer logo t-shirts), identified by product number, but it also classifies the items by clothing line (the lines are differentiated by price points as well as the intended use of the clothing, e.g., surfing products, casual wear, . draw a uml class diagram that describes the beach dudes sales and collection process.b. using microsoft access, implement a relational database from your uml class diagram. identify at least three fields per table.c. describe how you would use the relational database to determine the beach dude’s accounts receivable.

For each of the following users of financial accounting information and managerial accounting information, specify whether the user would primarily use financial accounting information or managerial accounting information or both: 1. sec examiner 2. bookkeeping department 3. division controller 4. external auditor (public accounting firm) 5. loan officer at the company's bank 6. state tax agency auditor 7. board of directors 8. manager of the service department 9. wall street analyst 10. internal auditor 11. potential investors 12, current stockholders 13. reporter from the wall street journal 14. regional division managers

The cost of labor is significantly lower in many countries than in the united states. if you move manufacturing to a facility to a country labeled as part of the axis of evil and a threat to world peace you will increase the net income of your client by $10 million per the facility is located in a country which limits personal freedom and engages in state sponsored terrorism. imagine you are a marketing consultant. (a) what would you tell the executives to do? (b) what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?