Consider two manufacturing firms: Mutty Bites, which manufactures dry dog food, and Cyber Ultronics, which manufactures humanoid robots. The two firms share some similarities. For example, both firms have revenues of $$100,000,000$ per year. Further, both firms are considering investing in manufacturing system enhancements that could improve internal manufacturing efficiencies that would initially increase profits by $$500,000$ per year. Both system projects are estimated to cost $$1,200,000$ over the course of Year $0.($You can assume the $$500,000$ per year business benefits start immediately at the beginning of Year $1.)$ Of course, the firms are quite different in other ways. Mutty Bites uses a manufacturing process of extruding pellets of dog food that has been fundamentally stable and unchanged for many years. In contrast, Cyber Ultronics$$s manufacturing process is constantly evolving, including the increasing use of its own products in the manufacturing process $($i$.$e$.,$ robots building other robots$).$ Given these issues, How many years into the future should each firm project $$500$k in business benefits?

If you were a shareholder in each of these firms, which of these projects would you support?