Question: Use the following information to determine the changes in the following: cost of service failures (including invoice discount, rehandling cost, lost sales), net income, and

Use the following information to determine the changes in the following: cost of service failures (including invoice discount, rehandling cost, lost sales), net income, and Return on Assets.

Order fill increases from 92% to 98% with an average inventory increase of 25% and a 20

% increase in both warehousing and transportation costs.

Average price per order                                     $250

Gross margin per order                                      $87

Annual orders                                                   250,000

Of orders not filled correctly, 80% may be rectified with an invoice discount of $100 and additional handling per rectified order of $35

Cash                                                                 $5,000,000

Accounts receivable                                          $3,490,000

Fixed assets                                                      $120,000,000

Warehousing cost                                              $1,000,000

Other operating costs                                         $1,200,000

Tax rate                                                            20% of (EBIT-interest)

Transportation cost                                           $800,000

Average inventory                                            $2,000,000

Interest cost                                                      $400,000

Inventory carrying cost                                      10% per year

ABC Company is considering a move to outsource is warehousing operations. Current financial information is shown below.

Sales                                                               $500,000

Transportation cost                                          $15,000

Warehousing cost                                            $10,000

Inventory carrying cost                                    18%

Cost of goods sold                                           $325,000

Other operating costs                                       $95,000

Average inventory                                           $50,000

Accounts receivable                                         $30,000

Cash                                                               $15,000

Net fixed assets                                               $850,000

Interest                                                           $10,000

Taxes                                                              20% of (EBIT – Interest)

As a result of outsourcing warehousing the following changes will occur.

Net fixed assets reduced                                   15%

Inventory reduced                                            15%

Warehousing costs                                           $0

Outsourcing provider costs                               $20,000

Determine the effect on ROA if warehousing is outsourced.

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