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Murkywater Company is considering a lockbox system. Its collection delay is currently 12 days.
- Reduction in mailing time = 1.5 day
- Reduction in clearing time = 1.5 day
- Reduction in firm processing time = 1.0 day
- Total = 4.0 days
The following is also known:
- Daily interest on Treasury bills = 0.025%
- Average number of daily payments to lockboxes = 4,000
- Average size of payment = $400
A local bank has agreed to operate this lockbox system for a fee of $0.25 per check processed. What are the costs associated with the proposal?
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- Murkywater Company is considering a lockbox system. Its collection delay is currently 12 days. • Reduction in malling time = 1.5 day . Reduction in clearing time = 1.5 day • Reduction in firm processing time=1.0 day • Total = 4.0 days The following is also known: • Dally Interest on Treasury bills = 0.025% • Average number of daily payments to lockboxes - 4,000 Average size of payment = $400 A local bank has agreed to operate this lockbox system for a fee of $0.25 per check processed. What are Murkywater's average daily collections? Multiple Choice $1,000,000 O $1.200,000 O $1,400,000 O $1,600,000 $1,800,000Murkywater Company is considering a lockbox system. Its collection delay is currently 12 days. Reduction in mailing time = 1.5 day Reduction in clearing time = 1.5 day Reduction in firm processing time = 1.0 day Total = 4.0 days The following is also known: Daily interest on Treasury bills = 0.025% Average number of daily payments to lockboxes = 4,000 Average size of payment = $400 A local bank has agreed to operate this lockbox system for a fee of $0.25 per check processed. What are the costs associated with the proposal?Murkywater Company is considering a lockbox system. Its collection delay is currently 12 days. Reduction in mailing time = 1.5 day Reduction in clearing time = 1.5 day Reduction in firm processing time = 1.0 day Total = 4.0 days The following is also known: Daily interest on Treasury bills = 0.025% Average number of daily payments to lockboxes = 4,000 Average size of payment = $400 A local bank has agreed to operate this lockbox system for a fee of $0.25 per check processed. What are Murkywater’s average daily collections? Multiple Choice $1,600,000 $1,200,000 $1,000,000 $1,800,000 $1,400,000
- Sherman’s Sherbet currently takes about 6 days to collect and deposit checks from customers. A lock-box system could reduce this time to 3 days. Collections average $15,000 daily. The interest rate is 0.02% per day. a. By how much will the lock-box system reduce float? b. What is the daily interest savings of the system? c. Suppose the lock-box service is offered for a fixed monthly fee instead of payment per check. What is the maximum monthly fee that Sherman’s should be willing to pay for this service? (Assume a 30-day month.)Bird's Eye Treehouses, Incorporated, a Kentucky company, has determined that a majority of its customers are located in the Pennsylvania area. It therefore is considering using a lockbox system offered by a bank located in Pittsburgh. The bank has estimated that use of the system will reduce collection time by 1.5 days. Assume 365 days a year. Average number of payments per day Average value of payment Variable lockbox fee (per transaction) Annual interest rate on money market securities 850 $ 800 $.10 a. NPV b. NPV 3.2% a. What is the NPV of the new lockbox system? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. Suppose in addition to the variable charge that there is an annual fixed charge of $3,000 to be paid at the end of each year. What is the NPV now? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)Bird's Eye Treehouses, Incorporated, a Kentucky company, has determined that a majority of its customers are located in the Pennsylvania area. It therefore is considering using a lockbox system offered by a bank located in Pittsburgh. The bank has estimated that use of the system will reduce collection time by 1.5 days. Assume 365 days a year. Average number of payments per day Average value of payment Variable lockbox fee (per transaction) Annual interest rate on money market securities 880 $830 $.10 3.2% a. What is the NPV of the new lockbox system? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. Suppose in addition to the variable charge that there is an annual fixed charge of $3,000 to be paid at the end of each year. What is the NPV now? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Answer is complete but not entirely…
- Zimmer Inc. typically receives 850 checks everyday and the average size of check is $700. The company is now considering using a lockbox system. The lockbox system costs with $0.20 per check. It can reduce the collection time by three (3) days. What is the NPV of the new lockbox system? Assuming the daily interest rate is 0.035%. Ⓒ$109,286 $1,784,830 $1.299.286What is the expected annual savings from a lock-box system that collects 150 checks per day averaging P500 each and reduces mailing ang processing time by 2.5 and 1.5 days, respectively, if the annual interest is 7%?Bird's Eye Treehouses, Incorporated, a Kentucky company, has determined that a majority of its customers are located in the Pennsylvania area. Therefore, it is considering using a lockbox system offered by a bank located in Pittsburgh. The bank has estimated that use of the system will reduce collection time by 1.5 days. Average number of payments per day Average value of payment Variable lockbox fee (per transaction) Effective annual rate on money market securities 825 $745 $.15 a. NPV b. NPV 5.5% The total collection time will be reduced by three days if the lockbox system is adopted. a. What is the NPV of the new lockbox system? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. Suppose in addition to the variable charge, there is an annual fixed charge of $5,000 to be paid at the end of each year. What is the NPV now? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer…
- Anne Teak, the financial manager of a furniture manufacturer, is considering operating a lockbox system. She forecasts that 220 payments a day will be made to lockboxes with an average payment size of $3,300. The bank’s charge for operating the lockboxes is $0.58 a check. Assume an interest rate of 8% and a 365-day year. What reduction in the time to collect and process each check is needed to justify use of the lockbox system? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)Your firm has an average receipt size of $65. A bank has approached you concerning a lockbox service that will decrease your total collection time by 2 days. You typically receive 8,700 checks per day. The daily interest rate is 0.016 percent. If the bank charges a fee of $190 per day, what is the NPV of the lockbox project? NPV What would the net annual savings be if the service were adopted? Net annual savingsNew-Markups Department Store has annual credit sales of $ 300 million. John Harris, the collection manager, has estimated that it takes 10 days for a mailed payment to be credited to Newman’s account and that this time can be cut to 5 days if Newman opens up a lockbox account with a local bank. The account in which the checks are placed earns 8.4% annually. The lockbox agreement calls for a monthly payment of $1,350 and, in addition, a monthly charge of $0.06 per check. Newman’s currently processes 120,000 checks monthly. (Treat these expenses as if they occur at the beginning of the year.) a) What are Newman’s daily sales (assuming a 360-day year) b) By how much will Newman’s average bank balance increase if it adopts the lockbox? c) Should Mr Harris adopt the lockbox ? d) Suppose Newman’s has found a regular 20% of its customers account for 80% of credit sales. Should Mr Harris open up the lockbox and use it only for this 20% of the customers?