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Investment Appraisal - Activity

The boost in sales for Starlight Ltd's range of dark chocolates had been unexpected. The report linking dark chocolate with chemicals that protect the heart seemed to have had an unexpected benefit and turned many consumers towards the natural organic chocolate produced by the firm.

Market research suggested that this was not going to be a short-term fad and forecasts of future sales were healthy. The Board had decided to accept the recommendation of the sales and production team and invest in a new piece of equipment for the production line that would automate some of the work currently carried out by staff on the line. Those staff could be better utilised elsewhere in the plant and, in addition, it would speed up the production and help meet the expected demand.

Tray of chocolates

Title: Dark Chocolate Shown To Boost Heart-Protecting Antioxidants in the Blood. Copyright: Getty Images, available from Education Image Gallery.

The investigations into the supplier of such a piece of equipment had identified four possible sources.

Machine 1:
A German firm producing a high precision piece of equipment with software allowing different production runs to be catered for.

Machine 2:
The same equipment without the software option secured from a firm in Taiwan.

Machine 3:
A different machine manufactured in Armenia - significantly cheaper!

Machine 4:
Another machine with a different specification but which is suitable for the job required, produced by a firm in the United States.

The costs associated with each machine are as follows:

Machine 1Machine 2Machine 3Machine 4
Initial Cost£550,000£550,000£290,000£460,000
Expected Cash Flow (£)
Year 120,00050,00015,00030,000
Year 275,000175,00080,00095,000
Year 3125,000200,000120,000150,000
Year 4250,000175,000100,000210,000
Year 5200,00070,00060,000300,000

The firm believes that the likely discount rate will vary from between 4.5% and 6%. The discount tables for selected rates are shown below:

Rate per cent
Year4.55.05.56.0
10.95693780.95238100.94786730.9433962
20.91573000.90702950.89845240.8899964
30.87629660.86383760.85161370.8396193
40.83856130.82270250.80721670.7920937
50.80245100.78352620.76513440.7472582

The Task:

Your task is to present an argued case for one of the machines that the firm should invest in.

You should use at least two appropriate methods of investment appraisal in your presentation and you should highlight the relative costs and benefits of each method.

Advise the Board on other factors that will need to be considered in taking the decision in addition to the quantitative analysis given above.

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