guideline showing the number of days in which current assets are removed from cash. The fewer the days removed, the better the entity's liquidity. An illustrative computation follows:
Amount x Days Away
from Cash = Total
Cash $ 20,000 x
Accounts
Receivable 50,000 x 30 $1,500,000
Inventory 80,000 x 50 4,000,000
$150,000 $5,500,000
$5,500,000
Index= $150,000 = 36.7 days