Briefly discuss your perspective regarding all of the following:

We have discussed financial metrics and how they can be used to mine data from a company's financial statements to provide valuable insight into a company's financial performance efficiency. This article addresses the Cash$-$to$-$Cash Cycle Time $($also referred to as the cash conversion cycle$)$ which utilizes three of the asset management efficiency metrics discussed in our course. Please address the following

questions in this discussion board:

$$ Why is the cash conversion cycle metric a meaningful metric?

$$ Would an investor $($or potential investor$)$ prefer to see a higher or lower cash conversion cycle metric result?

$$ What type of insight does this metric provide investors related to the operating efficiency of a company?

$$ What specific areas are measured in this metric and why are these areas are a "big deal" and worthy of close scrutiny?