Healthy Feedmil (FM) produces poultry feed in its 10 production facilities throughout Indonesia. The poultry feed produced in various forms such as pellet, mash and concentrate. Top revenues come from pellet-form feed product. Price of pellet-form feed per ton is IDR20.000.000. The company recorded the highest sales in 2019 of IDR40 billion, however, the sluggish year of 2020 only gave the company a recorded sales revenue of 16 billion. The current sales level is 1000 tons. Due to slowing demand, raw material costs declined by 10% to IDR14.000.000/ton, while the fixed costs were recorded at IDR5.000.000.000. For 2021 onward, the companys new appointed board of directors decided to do some company restructuring programs including to change companys current credit policy as part of the cost restructuring plan.

Cash discount. The company aims to get higher efficiency and improved sales in 2021. Thus, the first alternative that would be taken by the company is to initiate a cash discount program and to change companys credit terms from net 30 to 4/10 net 30. The change is expected to cut the average collection period from 42 days to 30 days. Sales is expected to increase by 14% from the current level. Healthy Feedmill estimates that 80% of its customer would take the discount program. With the policy, bad debt percentage level will decrease from 3% to 1.5%. The cost of investment in account receivable is 15%. (Assumption: 1 year = 360 days)

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Based on your analysis should Healthy Feedmill change its current account receivable policy? Explain your answer comprehensively and show calculation