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Week 6 Assignment Case Study 1 The sales forecast for your firm for 2014 is $9.1 million. The cost of processing (production) is 50% of sales. Sales and administrative expenses are $100,000 per month. A close look at the sales forecast shows a strong seasonal pattern. The strongest sales months are February, March, April, and May. January $600,000 July $80,000 February $1,000,000 August $70,000 March $2,000,000 September $60,000 April $3,000,000 October $60,000 May $2,000,000 November $60,000 June $100,000 December $70,000 Sales are 50% cash sales and 50% credit sales; 80% of the monthly credit sales is received as cash one month following the month of sale. The remaining 20% of credit sales is received as cash the second month following the month of sale. As a result of computer processing equipment operating lease obligations, the firm's processing costs are uniform throughout the year (annual processing costs are uniformly spread over twelve months). The firm's cash management policy requires the firm to maintain a minimum cash balance of $200,000. The firm's board of directors decided that in November 2014 it would pay-out a dividend of $ 500,000. Taxes of $ 200,000 will be paid per quarter (in March, June, September, and December). A capital outlay of $750,000 will be made in both March and April. You have had a running discussion with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) as to the best way meet anticipated monthly cash shortfalls. The CFO believes in conservative cash management it opts for long-term financing. This entails financing the firm's cash requirements with an annual long-term loan at 10%, which is based on covering the highest monthly cash shortfall. The unused portion of acquired funds will be fully invested on a monthly basis at a 6% (annual) interest rate. You believe a more cost effective approach would be to finance the firm's cash requirements through a revolving credit agreement at a cost of .5% (annual rate) of the monthly-unused portion of the credit line. The used portion of the credit line will cost 5% (annual rate). Determine who is right. Provide all supporting calculations including the preparation of an annual cash budget. In addition, provide a detailed explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of each scenario. Finally, consider additional alternatives not discussed with/by the CEO. Explain in detail why these alternatives should be considered. This assignment should be 1,000-1,500 words in length and in APA format. CASE STUDY 1 RUBRIC Assessment Criteria Exceeds Expectations 5 Content Quality of Writing Overall Effort Meets Expectations 4 3 Does Not Meet Expectations 2 Does Not Address 0 1 Provides detailed support for the scenario selected using all applicable course concepts and accurate financial calculations. Provides support for the scenario selected using some course concepts and accurate financial calculations. Partially provides support for the scenario selected using some course concepts and financial calculations. Does not provide support for the scenario selected using course concepts or financial calculations. Provides a detailed explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of each scenario that link to course concepts. Provides a detailed explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of each scenario. Partially provides an explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of each scenario. Does not provide an explanation of the advantages or disadvantages of either scenario. Provides additional alternative scenarios not discussed with/by the CEO, with supporting detail. Provides additional alternative scenarios not discussed with/by the CEO. Partially provides additional alternative scenarios not discussed with/by the CEO. Does not provide additional scenarios. Provides detailed justification for each of the additional alternative scenarios. Provides justification for each of the additional alternative scenarios. Provides partial justification for each of the additional alternative scenarios. Does not provide justification for any of the additional alternative scenarios. Assignment meets required length and includes appropriate peerreviewed references Assignment meets required length and includes appropriate references. Assignment does not meet the required length or does not include the appropriate references. Assignment does not meet the required length and no references are included. Writing and organization is consistently of outstanding quality. Flawless presentation. No spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. Assignment is completely in APA format. Good writing and organization of paper. Minimal spelling, grammatical, and/or punctuation errors. Good use of APA format. Writing and/or organization of paper needs improvement. The frequency of spelling, grammatical, and/or punctuation errors is distracting to the reader. Infrequent use of APA format and style. The frequency of spelling, grammatical, and/or punctuation errors makes the paper incomprehensible. No use of APA format. Written work clearly demonstrates exemplary effort and shows Written work demonstrates adequate effort and is complete, Written work demonstrates little effort or is consistently Written work demonstrates no effort. significant initiative, creativity, and original thought. thorough, and reflects original thought. incomplete or shallow