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To: jim shiau who wrote (716)3/2/1998 1:02:00 PM
From: Gihan Karunaratne  Respond to of 1184
 
All,

Help me figure this one out. I went over the past few 10Qs and looked at the revenue, cost of sales and inventory numbers. Maybe I am making a mistake here, but over the past few quarters inventory turns has been dipping. Also, inventory has been growing faster than revenues. Is this something to be concerned over? I am new to this thread and looking for any insight to this trend.

Revenue Cost of Sales Inventory Inv. Turns
Q4 '96 261.7 163.7 155.9 1.1
Q1 '97 248.5 152.9 151.7 1.0
Q2 '97 289.5 164.7 185.1 0.9
Q3 '97 336.8 190.7 223.4 0.9
Q4 '97 391.7 226.1 272.4 0.8

- Gihan