The higher the figure the better, because the faster the company is turning over its stocks, the faster they are earning profit on them. A final important aspect of ratio analysis is then to look at how the ratios are changing over time. Choose another three companies from the FT Excel data and find the same data as before, but this time for the most recent two years. From the FT Excel data find out the relevant figures for Sainsbury s, Tesco, ICI and Fison. Step 5 - Further work Choose a company from the FT Extel data and write a report for their Board of Directors examining their stock control performance in recent years and setting out some proposals that they could consider for improving their systems.
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