As an operations management consultant, you have been asked to evaluate a furniture manufacturer’s cash-to-cash conversion cycle under the following assumptions: sales of $23.5 million, cost of goods sold $20.8 million, 50 operating weeks a year, total average on hand inventory of $2,150,000, accounts receivable equal to $2,455,000, and accounts payable of $3,695,000. What do you conclude? What recommendations can you make to improve performance?