Computing Cash Collections from Customers Points: $15$

RealTech designs and manufactures robots for consumer, commercial, and military use.

For the fiscal year ended January $2,2024$ the company reported the following on its balance sheet and income statement $($amounts in thousands$)$:

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $$33$ at January $2,2024$ and $$67$ at December $2,2022$ of $$104,679$ and $$71,056,$ respectively.

Revenue for fiscal $2023($i$.$e$.,$ the year ended January $2,2024)$ of $$616,778.$

Bad debt expense for fiscal $2023$ of $$0.$

Compute the amount of cash collected from customers during fiscal $2023.$