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The Motley Fool June 2, 2011 Seth Jayson	Here's How Tempur-Pedic Is Making You So Much, So Fast On a 12-month basis, the cash conversion cycle trend at Tempur-Pedic looks very good. At 46.4 days, it is 17.4 days better than the five-year average of 63.9 days.
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The Motley Fool August 16, 2010 Jim Mueller	How Well Do You Use Cash, Medifast? Medifast had been much worse. The massive improvement is encouraging.
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The Motley Fool May 31, 2011 Seth Jayson	Are the Earnings at IBM Hiding Something? With quarterly CCC doing better than average and the latest 12-month CCC coming in worse, International Business Machines gets a mixed review in this cash-conversion checkup.
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The Motley Fool May 23, 2011 Seth Jayson	How Fast Is the Cash at Green Mountain? Don't just count the cash, time it. To calculate the cash conversion cycle, add days inventory outstanding to days sales outstanding, then subtract days payable outstanding. Like golf, the lower your score here, the better.