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Cash Conversion Cycle
Calculate your Cash Conversion Cycle by combining your Days Sales Outstanding, Days Inventory Outstanding, and Days Payable Outstanding into a single cash-cycle length.
How to Use Cash Conversion Cycle
- 1Enter your Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
- 2Enter your Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO)
- 3Enter your Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)
- 4Click Calculate to see your Cash Conversion Cycle in days
Frequently Asked Questions
CCC = DSO plus DIO minus DPO (Days Sales Outstanding plus Days Inventory Outstanding, minus Days Payable Outstanding).
No - you enter all three day-counts directly. If you need to derive them first, use the Receivables Turnover Calculator or Days Sales Outstanding calculator for DSO, the Inventory Turnover Calculator for DIO, and the Days Payable Outstanding calculator for DPO, then bring all three figures here.
This calculator flags 30 days or less as efficient, up to 60 days as average, and beyond that as slow, meaning cash is tied up in the operating cycle for longer.
Days Payable Outstanding represents how long you delay paying your own suppliers - the longer you can delay (without straining supplier relationships), the more it offsets the cash tied up in receivables and inventory, shortening your overall cash conversion cycle.
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