The great giant corp. has a management contract with its newly hired president. the contract requires a lump sum payment of $24,500,000 be paid to the president upon the completion of her first 6 years of service. the company wants to set aside an equal amount of funds each year to cover this anticipated cash outflow. the company can earn 5 percent on these funds. how much must the company set aside each year for this purpose?

Afreezer manufacturer might purchase sheets of steel, wiring, shelving, and so forth, as part of its final product. this is an example of what sub-classification of business market?

cranium, inc., purchases term papers from an overseas supplier under a continuous review system. the average demand for a popular mode is 300 units a day with a standard deviation of 30 units a day. it costs $60 to process each order and there is a five−day lead−time. the holding cost for a paper is $0.25 per year and the company policy is to maintain a 98% service level. cranium operates 200 days per year.what is the reorder point r to satisfy a 98% cycleminus−service level? a. greater than 1,700 unitsb. greater than 1,600 units but less than or equal to 1,700 unitsc. greater than 1,500 units but less than or equal to 1,600 unitsd. less than or equal to 1,500 units

Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))