! Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Kenneth Washburn, head of the Sporting Goods Division of Reliable Products, has just completed a miserable nine months. "If it could have gone wrong, it did. Sales are down, income is down, inventories are bloated, and quite frankly, I'm beginning to worry about my job," he moaned. Washburn is evaluated on the basis of ROI. Selected figures for the past nine months follow. Sales Operating income Invested capital $4,800,000 360,000 6,000,000 In an effort to make something out of nothing and to salvage the current year's performance, Washburn was contemplating implementation of some or all of the following four strategies: a. Write off and discard $60,000 of obsolete inventory. The company will take a loss on the disposal. b. Accelerate the collection of $80,000 of overdue customer accounts receivable. c. Stop advertising through year-end and drastically reduce outlays for repairs and maintenance. These actions are expected to save the division $150,000 of expenses and will conserve cash resources. d. Acquire two competitors that are expected to have the following financial characteristics: Projected Operating Expenses $2,400,000 4,120,000 Projected Sales $3,000,000 4,500,000 Projected Invested Capital $5,000,000 4,750,000 Anderson Manufacturing Palm Beach Enterprises 2-a. What effect would strategy (a) have had on the Reliable's Sporting Goods Division's ROI had it been implemented sometime during the past nine months? 2-b. What effect would strategy (b) have had on the Reliable's Sporting Goods Division's ROI had it been implemented sometime during the past nine months? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Reg 2A Reg 2B What effect would strategy (a) have had on the Reliable's Sporting Goods Division's ROI had it been implemented sometime during the past nine months? What effect would strategy (a) have had on the Reliable's Sporting Goods Division's ROI had it been implemented sometime during the past nine months? 2-a. What effect would strategy (a) have had on the Reliable's Sporting Goods Division's ROI had it been implemented sometime during the past nine months? 2-b. What effect would strategy (b) have had on the Reliable's Sporting Goods Division's ROI had it been implemented sometime during the past nine months? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Reg 2A Reg 2B What effect would strategy (b) have had on the Reliable's Sporting Goods Division's ROI had it been implemented sometime during the past nine months? What effect would strategy (b) have had on the Reliable's Sporting Goods Division's ROI had it been implemented sometime during the past nine months?
