wk5 assignment brilliant answers

The Genesis Energy operations management team, nearing completion of  its agreement with Sensible Essential Consulting, was asked by senior  management to present a capital plan for the operating expansion. The  capital plan was not to be a wish list but an analysis of the necessary  expenditures to successfully establish a fully equipped operating  facility overseas.

In addition, senior management requested meaningful financial and  operating metrics to ensure that the performance objectives for the  facility were being met. The operations management team was given five  days to accomplish the following:

1. Calculate the firm’s WACC.
2. Prepare and analyze each planned capital expenditure.
3. Evaluate, rank, and recommend the capital expenditures according to  beneficial value to the organization, using the evaluation tools NPV,  payback, and IRR. Evaluation, ranking, and recommendations should be by  category of expenditures. For example, facility, equipment 1, 2, and 3,  and inspection.
4. Using the selected choices in part three, calculate the full cost of  establishing a fully equipped facility. This would include the  facility, equipment 1, 2, and 3, and inspection. In addition, calculate  the payback, NPV, and IRR for the completed facility.
5. Construct and recommend between three and five metrics to measure  the performance of the organization. At least one metric should be  dividend decision-making driven.
6. Prepare an executive summary along with a separate document showing the calculations.

Part I

Following the example of the operations management team, do the following:

1. Download the Capital Budgeting spreadsheet, and compute the WACC for Genesis Energy.
2. Using the information provided in the spreadsheet, analyze Genesis  Energy’s project options. Then, calculate the periodic and cumulative  net cash flows for each potential project and its associated options.  Please note that there are five projects (facility, equipment pieces 1,  2, and 3, and internal inspection), and that each project offers  multiple-configuration options (facility size, equipment type, etc.).
3. Evaluate, rank, and recommend a specific option for each capital  project according to beneficial value to the organization, using the  evaluation tools NPV, payback, and IRR.
4. Construct and recommend between three and five metrics to measure  the performance of the new operating strategy. At least one metric  should reflect dividend policy as it relates to rewarding shareholders.
5. Prepare an executive summary describing your recommendations for  each project and the overall cost, net cash flows, and expected returns  of the operating configuration that you recommend. Be sure to justify  your recommendations in terms of the investment criteria applied in Step  3 above. Be sure to report the full cost of the facility as it is  configured per your recommendations. Present and justify your operating  strategy performance metrics.

Your complete Microsoft Word report with Executive Summary should  include all of your calculations as appendices (5 pages, or 1 page for  each project). Name your file LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A2.doc.

In addition to the summaries for each project, please provide a copy  of the Excel Capital Budget showing the calculations for each of the  projects. Name this file LastnameFirstInitial M5_A2 Capital Budget.xlxs

Part II—Executive Summary Presentation

Because of limited resources in an era of plentiful opportunities,  companies must carefully select investments. You analyzed Genesis  Energy’s expansion plans and explained your findings in M4: Assignment 2.

This assignment is based on those findings. In this assignment, you will update the PowerPoint presentation you started in M4: Assignment 2. Be sure to adhere to the following information:

• The presentation should be approximately 6–8 minutes (or 10–12 slides). Use what you started in M4: Assignment 2 and then adapt slides to showcase your project selections from the first part of this assignment.
• An executive summary of your findings from M4: Assignment 2. 
• A statement of the problem or topic is included.
• A concise analysis of the findings is included.

Develop a 10–12-slide presentation in PowerPoint format. Apply APA  standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming  convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A2.ppt.