Where this number comes from
Days payable outstanding (AP ÷ COGS × 365)
Estimated value
37
- How it's produced
- Accounts payable / cash disbursement timing
Sources
- Reasoned Smb-Median Estimate (~35 Days). Basis · Apqc Cross Industry DPO Open Standards Benchmark Clusters ~30–50 Days (median ~40); Smbs Without Supplier Financing Leverage Typically Pay Nearer Their Net Terms. No Clean Free Per Segment Public Benchmark Exists. Re Validate Against Customer AP Aging. · published benchmark / reasoned-estimate citation
Assumed inputs — reasoned defaults
- Days payable outstanding (AP ÷ COGS × 365): Reasoned SMB-median estimate (~35 days). Basis: APQC cross-industry DPO open-standards benchmark clusters ~30–50 days (median ~40); SMBs without supplier-financing leverage typically pay nearer their net terms. No clean free per-segment public benchmark exists. Re-validate against customer AP aging.
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Evidence level
This number carries no source signal, so we treat it as an unverified assumption.
- Observed Cited to a source-confirmed figure in your books.
- Explained Derived, but every input traces back to observed data.
- Inferred A reasoned default — defensible, but not measured.
- Hypothesis A raw assumption that still needs verification.