Nature's Way Inc. is planning to invest in new manufacturing equipment to make a new garden tool.
Question:
Nature's Way Inc. is planning to invest in new manufacturing equipment to make a new garden tool. The new garden tool is expected to generate additional annual sales of 2,500 units at $60 each. The new manufacturing equipment will cost $227,000 and is expected to have a 10-year life and $17,000 residual value. Selling expenses related to the new product are expected to be 5% of sales revenue. The cost to manufacture the product includes the following on a per-unit basis:
Direct labor........................................................... $ 8.00
Direct materials...................................................... 22.00
Fixed factory overhead-depreciation............................ 8.40
Variable factory overhead........................................... 3.60
Total.................................................................... $42.00
Determine the net cash flows for the first year of the project, Years 2-9, and for the last year of the project.
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Financial And Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 9781337119207
14th Edition
Authors: Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac