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a) Based on Return of Investment (ROI) evaluation, which unit will you recommend to your management to be purchased and why?

b) From Life Cycle Cost (LCC) Analysis, would you Brand X or Brand Y crane? What is your recommendation and why?

c) Based on the Minimum Acceptable Rate of Return (MARR), if the company hurdle rate is 20 %, would you choose Brand X or Brand Y and why? – include the cashflow diagram

As a Project Engineering had been tasked to make an analysis and to recommend to your
company on the economic justification on option to purchase a used 250MT mobile crane. The
decision is in between Brand X or Brand Y 250 MT mobile crane to be used for the company's
project construction activities as well as providing some rental business for three years. As the
crane is not used for the whole time, 10-days a month it is being rented out. The Brand X is the
newer crane which having better fuel efficiency and lower maintenance cost. Based on your data
gathering, you have this information derived for the analysis.
No.
Description
Unit
Brand X
Brand Y
5 years
warranty
RM 2,000,000
250 MT mobile crane specification
unit
No warranty
Cost of the crane
Unit
RM 1,200,000
Save on the crane rental from 3rd
3
party
Estimated income from rental
Monthly
RM 80,000
RM 80,000
4
Daily
RM 5,000
RM 5,000
Estimated maintenance cost plus
inspection by Puspakom and DOSH
Per 6
RM 3,000
RM 8,000
months
Estimated Operator and fuel cost
Monthly
RM 15,000
RM 20,000
Dispose value at end of the project
7
construction, 3 years
Unit
RM 1,200,000
RM 600,000
Transcribed Image Text:As a Project Engineering had been tasked to make an analysis and to recommend to your company on the economic justification on option to purchase a used 250MT mobile crane. The decision is in between Brand X or Brand Y 250 MT mobile crane to be used for the company's project construction activities as well as providing some rental business for three years. As the crane is not used for the whole time, 10-days a month it is being rented out. The Brand X is the newer crane which having better fuel efficiency and lower maintenance cost. Based on your data gathering, you have this information derived for the analysis. No. Description Unit Brand X Brand Y 5 years warranty RM 2,000,000 250 MT mobile crane specification unit No warranty Cost of the crane Unit RM 1,200,000 Save on the crane rental from 3rd 3 party Estimated income from rental Monthly RM 80,000 RM 80,000 4 Daily RM 5,000 RM 5,000 Estimated maintenance cost plus inspection by Puspakom and DOSH Per 6 RM 3,000 RM 8,000 months Estimated Operator and fuel cost Monthly RM 15,000 RM 20,000 Dispose value at end of the project 7 construction, 3 years Unit RM 1,200,000 RM 600,000
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