As a Financial Analyst working for Middle East Venture Capital L.L.C. Evaluate the financial performance of Two companies listed in the Muscat Securities Market (MSM)/GCC Market.

The companies has been selected and their annual financial report for two consecutive years is attached. Use the financial statements and additional information to complete the tasks.

The tasks are attached as (Financial Analysis Question).

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* Maximum Word Count = 2500 words for ALL TASKS.

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2) Ceramics, Inc. (CI), a company that manufactures bath tiles, is interested in measur­ing inventory effectiveness. Last year the cost of goods sold at CI was $200,000 on sales of $250,000. The average inventory in dollars was $12,000. At the end of the year, CI had outstanding receivables of $30,000 and payables of $20,000.

• a)Calculate the inventory turnover for CI.
• b)Calculate the days of inventory. Assume that CI operates 6 days per week and 52 weeks per year.
• c)Calculate the weeks of inventory. Assume 52 weeks per year.
• d)What is the cash-to-cash cycle time at CI?
• e)Assume it is December 31, and CI has exactly $12,000 in inventory. (Note, there is a formatting error in the book where part e) is not labeled properly.) CI has a forecast of $11,000 in sales for January and $9,000 in February. How many days of forecast can be met with the current inventory given there are 23 work days in January and 21 in February? (Use specifics, not averages.)

• 3)You have just determined that your service employees have used a total of 2400 hours of labor this week to process 560 insurance forms. Last week the same crew used only 2000 hours of labor to process 480 forms. Is productivity increasing or decreasing, and by how much?