Flo is considering three mutually exclusive options for the additional space he plans to add to the K-State Superstore. The cost of the expansion will be $148,000. He can use this additional space to add children’s clothing, and exclusive gifts department, or a home décor section. He estimates the present value of the cash inflows from these projects is $221,000 for children’s clothing, $178,000 for exclusive gifts, and $145,000 for decorator items. Which option(s), if any, should he accept?
a. None of these options
b. Children’s clothing only
c. Exclusive gifts only
d. Exclusive gifts and decorator items only
e. All three options

B) Children’s clothing only

Explanation:

cost of the expansion $148,000

three mutually exclusive projects:

The projects whose NPV is positive should be considered (this eliminates decorator items)

Since the projects are mutually exclusive, only one can be chosen. So the project with the highest NPV is the best project for the store ⇒ children's clothing

answer; the correct answer to the above statement is (true);

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.