Beacon Company is considering automating its production facility. The initial investment in automation would be $10.31 million, and the equipment has a useful life of 8 years with a residual value of $1,030,000. The company will use straight- line depreciation. Beacon could expect a production increase of 43,000 units per year and a reduction of 20 percent in the labor cost per unit. Current (no automation) 82,000 units Proposed (automation) 125,000 units Production and sales volume Per Unit Per Total Unit Total Sales revenue $ 96 $ ? $ 96 $ ? Variable costs Direct materials $ 16 $ 16 Direct labor 15 ? Variable manufacturing 9 9 overhead Total variable manufacturing costs 40 ? Contribution margin $ 56 ? $ 59 ? Fixed manufacturing costs $ 1,240,000 $ 2,330,000 Net operating income ? ? 5. Recalculate the NPV using a 10 percent discount rate. (Future Value of $1, Present Value of $1, Future Value Annuity of $1, Presen Value Annuity of $1.) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter the answer in whole dollars.) Net present value

A company is considering replacing an old piece of machinery, which cost $600,000and has $350,000 of accumulated depreciation to date, with a new machine that has apurchase price of $545,000. The old machine could be sold for $231,000. The annualvariable production costs associated with the old machine are estimated to be $61,000per year for eight years. The annual variable production costs for the new machine areestimated to be $19,000 per year for eight years. a.) Prepare and show in solution a differential analysis dated September 13 on whetherto continue with the old machine (Alternative 1) or replace the old machine (Alternative 2). b.) What is the sunk cost in the scenario?

Consider the following project of Hand Clapper, Incorporated. The company is considering a four-year project to manufacture clap-command garage door openers. This project requires an initial investment of $14 million that will be depreciated straight- line to zero over the project's life. An initial investment in net working capital of $590,000 is required to support spare parts inventory; this cost is fully recoverable whenever the project ends. The company believes it can generate $11.6 million in pretax revenues with $4.4 million in total pretax operating costs. The tax rate is 21 percent and the discount rate is 11 percent. The market value of the equipment over the life of the project is as follows: Year Market Value (millions) a. 1 $ 11.2 9.1 234 4.9 1.3 Assuming the company operates this project for four years, what is the NPV? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89.) b-1. Compute…

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