Q3. To manufacture part of the Internet of Tea Maker we are using a hydraulic press. The operatin...
Q3. To manufacture part of the Internet of Tea Maker we are using a hydraulic press. The operating costs of the press are $900,000 each year. There is an add-on that is available for the press. The add- on costs $190,000, has an estimated life of 30 years, and no salvage value. The use of the add-on will reduce the operating costs to $750,000 each year. The add-on itself will require $10,000 additional maintenance. Find the rate of return if...
caprai vuugtung itan Cildpel ASSighter Webmasters.com has developed a powerful new server that would be used for corporations Internet activities. It would cost $9 million at Year O to buy the equipment necessary to manufacture the server. The project would require net working capital at the beginning of each year in an amount equal to 11% of the next year's projected sales; for example, NWC = 11%4Salesı). The servers would sell for $25,000 per unit, and Webmasters believes that variable...
1) Emeco Holdings Limited (Emeco) is a company listed on the
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Emeco is investigating a
proposal to replace one of their outdated earth-moving excavators
with a new CAT 390F excavator. The new excavator has a much larger
carrying capacity, offers improved fuel economy and has lower
maintenance costs compared to the existing excavator. However, the
cost of a brand new CAT 390F is $2.8 million and Emeco’s accountant
is concerned that the net profit of the...
Case 27 To Use or Not to Use?
Beaufort Sea Production Company (BSPC) operates a medium-sized oil
field on Alaska’s north coast. The field is still producing at its
maximum rate, 325,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD). However, to
sustain this rate the company started a waterflood of the reservoir
two years ago. Now a capacity bottleneck in the water disposal
process is threatening to curtail production. In waterflooding,
salt water from the Beaufort Sea is treated to remove...
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Required Question:
1. Should Matt try to suggest a better method for reducing
purchasing costs? (200 words)
3. How can Matt find out more information about the suppliers in
a short period of time? (200 words)
3. what are his internal or external resources that he should
consider?
Custom Equipment It was July 2, and Mat Roberts had just been given his robots/weldguns, affiliate-produced parts/fabricated com- first assignment, te Wire Management Program" ponents, and steel/other metals. Matt was hired...