Union Bay Plastics is investigating the purchase of automated equipment that would save $100,000 each

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Union Bay Plastics is investigating the purchase of automated equipment that would save $100,000 each year in direct labor and inventory carrying costs.  This equipment costs $750,000 and is expected to have a 10-year useful lift with no salvage value.  The company’s required rate of return is 15% on all equipment purchases.  This equipment would provide intangible benefits such as greater flexibility and higher-quality output that are difficult to estimate and yet are quite significant.

 

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What dollar value per year would the intangible benefits have to have in order to make the equipment an acceptable investment?

 

 

    • 11 years ago
    Union Bay Plastics is investigating the purchase of automated equipment that would save $100,000 each
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