John Chan is interested in assessing both the efficiency and liquidity of Spherion PLC. Chan has collected the following data for Spherion:

2005

2004

2003

Day of inventory on hand

32

34

40

Days of sales outstanding

28

25

23

Numbers of days of paybles

40

35

35

Based on this data, what is Chan least likely to conclude?

a. Inventory management has contributed to improved liquidity.

b. Management of payables has contributed to improved liquidity.

c. Management of receivables has contributed to improved liquidity.