Tracy Lee, a Capital Expenditure Manager for Ho-Mei Food Manufacturing, knows that her company is facing a series of monthly expenses associated with installation and calibration of new production machines. The company has $800,000 in a bank account at Tiger bank right now that it can draw on to meet these maintenance expenses. Funds in this account earn 5% interest annually, with monthly compounding. Ms. Lee is preparing a budget that will require the firm to make equal monthly deposits into the bank account at Tiger bank, starting next month, to ensure that the firm can pay the maintenance expenses they anticipate over the next 24 months shown as follows. Months Maintenance expenses per Month $60,000 $100,000 1–12 13–24

Tracy Lee, a Capital Expenditure Manager for Ho-Mei Food Manufacturing, knows that her company is facing a series of monthly expenses associated with installation and calibration of new production machines. The company has $800,000 in a bank account at Tiger bank right now that it can draw on to meet these maintenance expenses. Funds in this account earn 5% interest annually, with monthly compounding. Ms. Lee is preparing a budget that will require the firm to make equal monthly deposits into the bank account at Tiger bank, starting next month, to ensure that the firm can pay the maintenance expenses they anticipate over the next 24 months shown as follows. Months Maintenance expenses per Month $60,000 $100,000 1–12 13–24

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

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Author:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen

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Chapter17: Activity Resource Usage Model And Tactical Decision Making

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