Cow Chips, Inc., a large fertilizer distributor based in California, is planning to use a lockbox system to speed up collections from its customers located on the East Coast. A Philadelphia-area bank will provide this service for an annual fee of $9,000 paid at the end of the year plus 15 cents per transaction. The estimated reduction in collection and processing time is one day. Treasury bills are currently yielding 5 percent per year, and there are 365 days per year. If the average customer payment in this region is $5,100, how many customers each day, on average, are needed to make the system profitable for Cow Chips? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
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Cow Chips, Inc., a large fertilizer distributor based in California, is planning to use a lockbox...
Cow Chips, Inc., a large fertilizer distributor based in California, is planning to use a lockbox system to speed up collections from its customers located on the East Coast. A Philadelphia-area bank will provide this service for an annual fee of $14,000 paid at the end of the year plus 5 cents per transaction. The estimated reduction in collection and processing time is one day. Treasury bills are currently yielding 5 percent per year. If the average customer payment in...
05. a) Alpha Itd, a large fertilizer distributor based in Dehradun is planning to use a lockbox system to speed up collections from its customers based in nearby towns. A prominent bank based in Dehradun has proposed to provide this service for an annual fee of Rs.15000 plus 10 paisa per transaction. The estimated reduction in collection is one day. If the average customer payment in this region is Rs.4800, how many customers are needed on an average, each day...
It takes Cookie Cutter Modular Homes, Inc.,
about six days to receive and deposit checks from customers. The
company’s management is considering a lockbox system to reduce the
firm’s collection times. It is expected that the lockbox system
will reduce receipt and deposit times to three days total. Average
daily collections are $175,000, and the required rate of return is
4 percent per year. Assume 365 days per year.
It takes Cookie Cutter Modular Homes, Inc., about six days to...
7. Box Lock has annual sales of $4 million and is considering implementing a lockbox system, which would reduce customer collection float by four days. Box Lock has a cost of capital of 13 percent. The annual after-tax cost of the lockbox system is $2000. Assume a 365-day year, should Box Lock implement the system? What would be the benefit, in dollar amount, if it did? 8. Geo-M is considering adding a cash discount to its credit terms. If Geo-M...
It takes Cookie Cutter Modular Homes, Inc., about six days to receive and deposit checks from customers. The company’s management is considering a lockbox system to reduce the firm’s collection times. It is expected that the lockbox system will reduce receipt and deposit times to three days total. Average daily collections are $149,000, and the required rate of return is 4 percent per year. Assume 365 days per year. a. What is the reduction in outstanding cash balances as a...
It takes Cookie Cutter Modular Homes, Inc., about six days to receive and deposit checks from customers. Cookie Cutter’s management is considering a lockbox system to reduce the firm’s collection times. It is expected that the lockbox system will reduce receipt and deposit times to three days total. Average daily collections are $120,000, and the required rate of return is 4 percent per year. Assume 365 days per year. a. What is the reduction in outstanding cash balances as...
1. What is Webb
Corporation’s total net cash flow available from the current
lockbox system to meet payroll?
2. Under the terms outlined by Third National Bank,
should the company proceed with the concentration banking
system?
3. What cost of ACH transfers would make the company
indifferent between the two systems?
yielding 4 percent per year, and there are 365 days per year. MINICASE Cash Management at Webb Corporation Webb Corporation was founded 20 years ago by its president, Bryan...
CASE Parts Emporium Parts Emporium, Inc., is a wholesale distributor of automobile parts formed is on hand, the firm's customer service is inadequate. Parts Emporium tries to by two disenchanted auto mechanics, Dan Block and Ed Spriggs. Originally backorder the customer orders not immediately filled from stock, but some 10 located in Block's garage, the firm showed slow but steady growth for percent of demand is being lost to competing distributorships. Because stock 7 years before it relocated to an...
Please read the case provided below and answer the following question: In 2007, JetBlue was a booming young airline with a strong reputation for outstanding service. In fact, the low-fare airline referred to itself as a customer service company that just happened to fly planes. But on Valentine's Day 2007, JetBlue was hit by the perfect storm-literally-of events that led to an operational meltdown. One of the most severe storms of the decade covered JetBlue's main hub at New York's...