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Hanna
Manufacturing
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Due
Hanna
Manufacturing manufactures
components for the farming industry and is considering
replacing its existing equipment with new and more
high technology machinery, despite the fact that
its existing eq
uipment is only a few years old and still working well.
The existing machinery will be fully depreciated in 5 years time but will have
sufficient machine
hours left to remain functioning for
another
15 years. If
Hanna
purchase
s
new equipment, the old
machinery could be disposed of for $2,500,000
.
The new equipment would cost $65,000,000 and for tax purposes it would fall into
a declining
balance CCA class. To stimulate the economy, the rece
nt budget stipulates that for year 1 the CCA
rate would be 45%, reducing to 40% in year 2, and then returning to 30% thereafter. This equipment
would have a useful life of 10 years, after which it is expected to be disposed of for proceeds of
$3,000,000
T
o make this new machinery operate, customized software totaling $10,000,000 would be purchased.
Unlike the machinery, for tax purposes this equipment would fall into a straight
line CCA
class over
a 5 year period.
The new equipment will enable
Hanna
to i
mmediately reduce its Work In Process on the factory floor
by $1,500,000. However to support sales, it is expected that receivable will need to increase by
$6,000,000 at he start of the first year and by another $2,000,000 at the end of year 6
The Annual
fixed costs for the new system will be $7,500,000
Hanna
Management believe that they have little choice but to move forward with the new equipment
as they are convinced their competitors will bring out a product that will reduce their current annual
volu
me from 200,000 units to 175,000 if they do not follow suit with a similar high quality product
that can
only
be made with the new equipment.
The current product sells for $500 per unit and given the expected competitive response, it is
expected the price
will not be able to be increased for the new higher quality product manufactured
with the new machinery.
Selected data for the existing product include:
$ per #
Selling price per unit
500
Direct material cost per unit
130
Direct labour cost per
unit
150
Variable overhead cost per unit
50
Fixed overhead per unit
16
346
Gross margin per unit
154
It is expected that once the new machinery is installed, savings will occur with a reduction in the cost
of direct materials by $15 per un
it. In addition, direct labour will be reduced by 20% and variable
overhead by 10%. The existing fixed costs include $4 per unit of depreciation.
Hanna
Manufacturing has a 40% income tax rate and its
weighted average
cost of capital is 12%.
Calculate t
he ne
t present value of this project, and recommend to management if the project should
be accepted.
HINT
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be sure to consider the change in incremental cash fixed costs
.
To calculate the net present value (NPV) of the project and determine if it should be accepted, we need to perform the following steps:
Step 1: Calculate the incremental cash flows:
- Calculate the incremental cash flows for each year throughout the project's life.
- Incremental cash flows are the changes in cash flows that occur as a result of the new project.
- We will calculate the incremental cash flows for each year by considering the changes in revenue, costs, and taxes.
Step 2: Determine the necessary discount rate:
- The discount rate represents the company's weighted average cost of capital (WACC).
- The WACC reflects the company's cost of financing and the risk associated with the project.
- The discount rate is used to discount future cash flows to their present value.
Step 3: Calculate the present value of each year's cash flows:
- Discount each year's incremental cash flow to its present value using the discount rate determined in Step 2.
- Present value (PV) is the current value of future cash flows.
Step 4: Sum up the present values of all cash flows:
- Sum up the present values of all cash flows to calculate the net present value (NPV) of the project.
- NPV represents the expected profitability or value generated by the project.
Step 5: Compare the NPV to a specified criterion:
- If the NPV is positive, it indicates that the project is expected to generate value and should be accepted.
- If the NPV is negative, it suggests that the project is not expected to generate value and should be rejected.
Let's go step by step through these calculations:
Step 1: Calculate the incremental cash flows:
Year 0:
- Purchase price of the new equipment: $65,000,000
- Purchase price of software: $10,000,000
- Initial increase in accounts receivable: $6,000,000
- Increase in initial working capital: $1,500,000
- Initial investment: $65,000,000 + $10,000,000 + $6,000,000 + $1,500,000 = $82,500,000
Year 1 to Year 10:
- Revenue:
- Existing product: 200,000 units * $500 per unit = $100,000,000
- New product: 175,000 units * $500 per unit = $87,500,000
- Costs:
- Direct materials per unit savings: $15 per unit
- Direct labor reduction: 20%
- Variable overhead reduction: 10%
- Fixed costs:
- Existing fixed costs per unit: $16 per unit (including depreciation)
- Additional fixed costs for the new system: $7,500,000 per year
- Taxes:
- Corporate tax rate: 40%
Step 2: Determine the necessary discount rate:
- The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for Hanna Manufacturing is given as 12%.
Step 3: Calculate the present value of each year's cash flows:
- Discount each year's incremental cash flow to its present value using the discount rate of 12%.
- Present value (PV) is the current value of future cash flows.
Year 0: Initial investment
Year 1 to Year 10: Annual cash flows
Step 4: Sum up the present values of all cash flows:
Calculate the net present value (NPV) by summing up the present values of all cash flows (Year 0 to Year 10).
Step 5: Compare the NPV to a specified criterion:
If the NPV is positive, the project should be accepted. If the NPV is negative, the project should be rejected.
Performing these calculations will give us the answer to whether the project should be accepted or not.