Product supply turns to shadow it. you are a section manager in the product supply department of a midsized manufacturing firm located in albuquerque, new mexico. the department manager has called a meeting of all section managers to get input on his idea to contract with a cloud service provider to provide sales forecasting and inventory management software and services. the goal is to reduce the number of out-of-stock occurrences while maintaining a minimum level of finished product inventory. the cloud service provider requires detailed order, shipment, and promotion data for the past three years in addition to ongoing current data. members of the product supply department will be able to access the software to develop sales forecasts and make better manufacturing and inventory decisions. the new sales forecasting and inventory management software will eliminate the use of several existing software systems implemented years ago by the company's information systems organization. which change model could best identify the full scope and impact of this change

Technology corp. is considering a $238,160 investment in a new marketing campaign that it anticipates will provide annual cash flows of $52,000 for the next five years. the firm has a 6% cost of capital. what should the analysis indicate to the firm's managers?

Examine the following book-value balance sheet for university products inc. the preferred stock currently sells for $30 per share and pays a dividend of $3 a share. the common stock sells for $16 per share and has a beta of 0.9. there are 2 million common shares outstanding. the market risk premium is 9%, the risk-free rate is 5%, and the firm’s tax rate is 40%. book-value balance sheet (figures in $ millions) assets liabilities and net worth cash and short-term securities $ 2.0 bonds, coupon = 6%, paid annually (maturity = 10 years, current yield to maturity = 8%) $ 5.0 accounts receivable 3.0 preferred stock (par value $15 per share) 3.0 inventories 7.0 common stock (par value $0.20) 0.4 plant and equipment 21.0 additional paid-in stockholders’ equity 13.6 retained earnings 11.0 total $ 33.0 total $ 33.0 a. what is the market debt-to-value ratio of the firm? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. what is university’s wacc? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Perez, inc., applies the equity method for its 25 percent investment in senior, inc. during 2018, perez sold goods with a 40 percent gross profit to senior, which sold all of these goods in 2018. how should perez report the effect of the intra-entity sale on its 2018 income statement?