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Accounting Topic 20
Term | Definition |
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Age Analysis of Debtors | A table that classifies debtors' accounts according to the age of their debt. |
Cash Cycle | The process of turning stock into sales, and then turning these sales into cash. It is calculated by adding together stock turnover and debtors turnover. |
Creditors Turnover Ratio | A financial indicator that determines the average time taken by a firm to pay its creditors' accounts. |
Debtors Turnover Ratio | A financial indicator that determines the average time taken by debtors to settle their accounts. |
Just in Time Ordering | A method of purchasing inventory whereby the new order of goods arrives just before the business runs out of stock. |
Stock Turnover Ratio | A financial indicator that determines the number of times stock has been turned into sales during a period. It also can be expressed as the number of days needed to turn stock over once. |