The management of Sugar Daddy Cupcakes are analyzing two competing investment projects and must decide which one should be done immediately and which one to postpone for at least a year. The details of each proposed investment are provided below.

The company has a 12% required rate of return to evaluate all investments that directly impact operations and amortizes the investment in plant and equipment using straight-line depreciation over 10 years. The company's tax rate is 25%. The CCA rate is 20%.

The following data on the two options are available:

Increase Capacity to Serve New Markets Upgrade Customer Service

Proposed by Production manager Sales and marketing manager

Rationale Assets are operating at full capacity and we are unable The fleet of trucks and vans need to be

to attend to all the demand, therefore we need to expand upgraded with tracking devices and

our facilities to produce more kilograms remote connections to plan routes.

The new software will allow the

company to be paperless and respond

faster to customer service requests

Investment $600,000 $345,000

Working capital $50,000 $150,000

Disposal value $60,000 0

Useful life 10 years 5 years

Expected increase in operating income $400,000 $100,000

prototype chip

Expected savings in administrative costs 0 40,000

Required

1. Calculate the NPV for each proposal.
2. Which proposal should the company implement immediately on the basis of the NPV calculations?