PROBLEM #3: RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI.OR. HOW DO I SAVE MY JOB A divisional income statement for the Snack Cake Division of Wholesome Fresh Bakery, Inc. follows: Sales $600,000 Cost of goods sold 360.000 Gross profit 240.000 Operating expenses 168,000 Income from operations S72.000 The average invested assets of the Snack Cake Division total $600,000. The Snack Cake Division receives no allocation of service charges or corporate fixed costs. The president of Wholesome Fresh Bakery, Inc. indicated that the division's ROI must be increased to at least 20% by the end of next year or the division will be sold. The division manager is considering the following three proposals: Proposal 1: Transfer equipment with a book value of S120,000 to other divisions at no gain or loss. Similar equipment would be leased. The annual lease payments would add $18,000 to cost of goods sold. Average invested assets would be reduced by $120,000 Proposal 2: Purchase new and more efficient machinery. This would reduce cost of goods sold by S48,000. Sales and operating expenses would remain unchanged. The old machinery would be scrapped at no gain or loss. Average invested assets would increase by $150,000 Proposal 3: Reduce average invested assets by discontinuing a product line. This would eliminate sales of $180,000. Cost of goods sold would be reduced by S133,200, and operating expenses would decrease by S42,000. Assets of $300,000 would be transferred to other divisions at no gain or loss. The transfer of these assets would reduce average invested assets by $300,000 Required: 1. Compute the return on investment for the current year. 2. Prepare forecasted income statements and compute average invested assets for each proposal. Each proposal is independent of the other two proposals. 3. Compute the return on investment for each proposal. 4. Which of the three proposals meets the 20% ROI requirement