Until recently, Augean Cleaning Products sold its products on terms of net 59, with an average collection period of 74 days. In an attempt to induce customers to pay more promptly, it has changed its terms to 3/10, EOM, net 59. Assume current sales of $100, costs of $79, an interest rate of 13%, and no defaults. Assume each month has 30 days and a year has 360 days. The initial effect of the changed terms is as follows: Average Collection Periods (Days)

Percent of Sales with Cash Discount Cash Discount Net
60 30a 80

Some customers deduct the cash discount even though they pay after the specified date.

Required:
a. Calculate the NPV per $100 of sales based on the original terms.
b. Assume that sales volume is unchanged and there are no defaults. Calculate the NPV per $100 of sales based on the revised terms.

Universal containers(us) has an integration with its accounting system that creates tens of thousands of orders inside salesforce in a nightly batch. us wants to add automation that can attempt to match leads and contacts to these orders using the email address field on the insert. us is concerned about the performance of the automation with a large data volume. which tool should uc use to automate this process?

Shelby company produces three products: product x, product y, and product z. data concerning the three products follow (per unit): product x product y product z selling price $ 85 $ 65 $ 75 variable expenses: direct materials 25.50 19.50 5.25 labor and overhead 25.50 29.25 47.25 total variable expenses 51.00 48.75 52.50 contribution margin $ 34.00 $ 16.25 $ 22.50 contribution margin ratio 40 % 25 % 30 % demand for the company’s products is very strong, with far more orders each month than the company can produce with the available raw materials. the same material is used in each product. the material costs $8 per pound, with a maximum of 4,400 pounds available each month. required: a. compute contribution margin per pound of materials used. (round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) contribution margin per pound product x $ product y $ product z $ b. which orders would you advise the company to accept first, those for product x, for product y, or for product z? which orders second? third? product x product y product z

Suppose the number of equipment sales and service contracts that a store sold during the last six (6) months for treadmills and exercise bikes was as follows: treadmill exercise bike total sold 185 123 service contracts 67 55 the store can only sell a service contract on a new piece of equipment. of the 185 treadmills sold, 67 included a service contract and 118 did not.