Mrs. Leskoshe, VP of operations at ADM, has to make a decisionbetween two investment alternatives. First investment is to investon Machine-A and second investment is to invest on Machine-B.Mrs. Leskoshe asked the operations manager Tim Long to providenecessary information for evaluating the two alternatives. Aftersome research, Tim Long produces necessary information in thefollowingtable:
Machine A
Machine B
Initial Cost
$10,000
$28,000
Labor cost per year
$2,000
$4,400
Maintenance cost per year
$4,600
$800
Salvage value
$1,600
$7,000
It is also assumed that, a) the life of each machine is 3years, and
b) the company thinks it knows how to make 14% on investmentsno more risky than this one.
1.) The net present value (NPV) for Machine A
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