Kindmart is an international retail store. Kindmart’s managers are considering implementing a new business-to-business (B2B) information system for processing merchandise orders. The current system costs Kindmart $2,000,000 per month and $55 per order. Kindmart has two options, a partially automated B2B and a fully automated B2B system. The partially automated B2B system will have a fixed cost of $6,000,000 per month and a variable cost of $45 per order. The fully automated B2B system has a fixed cost of $14,000,000 per month and a variable cost of $25 per order. Based on data from the past two years, Kindmart has determined the following distribution on monthly orders: Monthly Number of Orders          Probability     300,000                                  0.25  500,000                                      0.45  700,000                                    0.30  Q2. What is the expected cost of each plan?

The Hub Store at a university in eastern Canada is considering purchasing a self-serve checkout machine similar to those used in many grocery stores and other retail outlets. Currently the university pays part-time wages to students totalling $58,000 per year. A self-serve checkout machine would reduce part-time student wages by $38,000 per year. The machine would cost $300,000 and has a 10-year useful life. Total costs of operating the checkout machine would be $5,600 per year, including maintenance. Major maintenance would be needed on the machine in five years at a total cost of $10,600. The salvage value of the checkout machine in 10 years would be $43,000. The CCA rate is 25%. Management requires a 10% after-tax return on all equipment purchases. The company's tax rate is 30%. Required: 1. Determine the before-tax net annual cost savings that the new checkout machine will provide. Net annual cost savings Net present value $ *********** 2-a. Using the data from (1) above and other…

The Bremer Co. manufactures cordless telephones Bremer is planning to implement a JIT production system, which requires annual tooling costs of $150,000. Bremer estimates that the following annual benefits would arise from JIT production.   a. Average inventory will decline by $700,000 from $900,000 to $200,00 b. Insurance, space, materials handling, and setup costs, which currently total $200,00 would decline by 30% c. The emphasis on quality inherent in JIT system would reduce rework costs by 20% Bremer currently incurs $350,000 on rework. d. Better quality would eneble Bremer to raise the prices of its products by $3 per unit. Bremer sells $30,000 unit each year. Bremer required rate of return on inventory investment is 12% per year   Required: Calculate the net benefit or cost to the Bremer Corporation From implementing a JIT production system.

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The Knot manufactures men’s neckwear at its Spartanburg plant. The Knot is considering implementing a JIT production system. The following are the estimated costs and benefits of JIT production: a. Annual additional tooling costs $250,000 annually. b. Average inventory would decline by 80% from the current level of $1,000,000. c. Insurance, space, materials-handling, and setup costs, which currently total $400,000 annually, would decline by 20%. d. The emphasis on quality inherent in JIT production would reduce rework costs by 25%. The Knot currently incurs $160,000 in annual rework costs. e. Improved product quality under JIT production would enable The Knot to raise the price of its product by $2 per unit. The Knot sells 100,000 units each year. The Knot’s required rate of return on inventory investment is 15% per year. Q. Suppose The Knot implements JIT production at its Spartanburg plant. Give examples of performance measures The Knot could use to evaluate and control JIT…

The Hub Store at a university in eastern Canada is considering purchasing a self-serve checkout machine similar to those used in many grocery stores and other retail outlets. Currently the university pays part-time wages to students totalling $58,000 per year. A self-serve checkout machine would reduce part-time student wages by $38,000 per year. The machine would cost $300,000 and has a 10-year useful life. Total costs of operating the checkout machine would be $5,600 per year, including maintenance. Major maintenance would be needed on the machine in five years at a total cost of $10,600. The salvage value of the checkout machine in 10 years would be $43,000. The CCA rate is 25%. Management requires a 10% after-tax return on all equipment purchases. The company’s tax rate is 30%. Required:1. Determine the before-tax net annual cost savings that the new checkout machine will provide.     2-a. Using the data from (1) above and other data from the exercise, compute the checkout…

Delta Sonic, a chain of full service automotive detailers, is considering introducing a new 15-minute car wash and wax service at one of its Chicago locations. The company expects that sales from the new 15-minute service will be $145,000 per year. Delta Sonic currently offers a 1-hour wash/wax/detail service with annual sales of $267,500. While many of the 15-minute sales will be to new customers who, in the past, could not wait a full hour to have their car detailed, Delta Sonic estimates that 10% of their 1-hour sales will be lost as a result of existing customers switching to the new, faster service. The level of incremental sales associated with introducing the new 15-minute wash/wax service that should be used when analyzing this project is closest to O A. $171,750 B. $14,500 C. $145,000 O D. $26,750 O E. $118,250

A distributor of fasteners is opening a new plant and considering whether to use a mechanized process or a manual process to package the product. The manual process will have a fixed cost of $36,234 and a variable cost of $2.14 per bag. The mechanized process would have a fixed cost of $84,420 and a variable cost of $1.85 per bag. The company expects to sell each bag of fasteners for $2.75. a) What is the break-even point for the manual process (in units)? b) What is the break-even point for the mechanized process (in units)? c) A point of indifference for two processes is quantity at which each process generates the same amount of profit (review video). What is the point of indifference for the two processes? (Hint: 1) Use equations to set profit of manual process equal to mechanized process and solve for quantity; 2) (Excel) If you have a break-even for each process - have only one cell that represents quantity that be used to calculates costs/revenues for each process and use Goal…

Mona PLC is a Zambian well-known company that sells goods locally within Zambia. The recently appointed Management Accountant of Mona PLC has been studying the working capital management of the company and has congregated the following information:  Inventory management the current policy is to order 100,000 units when the inventory level reduces to 35,000 units. Prediction demand to meet production requirements during the next year is 625,000 units. The cost of placing and processing an order is $250, while the cost of holding a unit in stores is $0.50 per unit per year. Both costs are expected to be constant during the next year. Orders are received two weeks after being placed with the supplier. You should assume a 50- week year and that demand is constant throughout the year. Accounts receivable management Local customers are allowed 30 days’ credit, but the financial statements of Mona PLC shows that the average accounts receivables period in the last financial year was 75 days.…

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