A new opportunity arises for Quixote Metal Supply just before the holidays. A Request for Proposals (RFP) is distributed by the government seeking metal suppliers to fill a vacancy in the supply chain to build x-ray machines for airports across the country. The RFP due date is in two weeks. Half of the decision-making team is out for the holidays. Quixote has less than a week to determine whether or not to take on this potentially lucrative challenge.
Which strategy would be most effective in this situation?
a minority decision

You are the manager of a large crude-oil refinery. as part of the refining process, a certain heat exchanger (operated at high temperatures and with abrasive material flowing through it) must be replaced every year. the replacement and downtime cost in the first year is $165 comma 000. this cost is expected to increase due to inflation at a rate of 7% per year for six years (i. e. until the eoy 7), at which time this particular heat exchanger will no longer be needed. if the company's cost of capital is 15% per year, how much could you afford to spend for a higher quality heat exchanger so that these annual replacement and downtime costs could be eliminated?