...Guillermo Case Study: Capital Budget Evaluation Techniques ACC/543 Guillermo Navalles faces many financial challenges in order to succeed in the present business environment. In order to ensure the continued profitability and competitive edge of Guillermo Furniture, he needs to make an investment decision on where to direct capital. He is deliberating between directing capital to purchase advanced equipment, or to adapt a brokerage business model. In order to assess the financial viability of both investment options, he is considering the application of capital budgeting techniques to help him in decision-making. Capital budget evaluation techniques can use data from financial and operating reports to predict potential performance of corporate investment; these entail evaluation using a suitable technique and giving recommendations based on calculations of forecasted future returns of investment. Capital evaluation strategies can be differentiated into techniques considering the time value of money, and techniques ignoring the time value of money. Guillermo will apply both techniques and rely on certain assumptions with their accompanying degree of added risk. The evaluation analysis assumptions are that the investment capital is $5 million with a desired return of 8 percent to cover inflation and decreased sales, as well as a 10-year investment term due to equipment life. The datasheet corrections are as follows: • The brokerage option requires no maintenance...
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...Capital Budget Recommendation Capital Budget Recommendation Introduction Guillermo faces a big decision ahead. Not wanting to be acquired by a larger competitor or expand his management responsibilities by acquiring another organization, he had decided to move his company from being primarily a manufacturing company to primarily a distributing company. A competitor in Norway needs channels to distribute in North America and using his existing distributor network Guillermo could become a representative for the manufacturer while retaining some of his high end custom work. In addition, Guillermo has a patented process that creates a flame-retardant for his furniture coating but he will need to buy a separate product for a finish coating. Capital Budget Evaluation Techniques Guillermo has many evaluation techniques to choose from to make his capital investment decision. He can also combine more than one technique. The following is a description of the techniques he might use. Finding the Net Present Value (NPV) is one evaluation technique. Net Present Value is a comparison of the present value of the future cash inflows to the cost of projectors by subtracting the cost of the investment from the present value of the future cash inflows (Edmonds, et. al., 2007). “A positive net present value indicates the investment will yield a rate of return higher than 12 percent. A negative net present value means the return is less than 12 percent” (Edmonds, et. al., 2007)...
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...Capital budget recommendation ACC543 September 9, 2013 Capital budget recommendation As an industry leader of furniture production in Sonora Mexico, Guillermo Furniture has enjoyed many years of success. This success can be attributed to many factors such as the inexpensive labor found in the region, the ability to price furniture at a premium due to the lack of competition, and the abundant supply of materials found in the area that were needed to produce products. However, new competition as well has a growth in the economy causing increased labor cost has caused the profit margins of Guillermo Furniture to shrink substantially. The need for a new business structure and model has emerged in order for Guillermo Furniture to continue enjoying success and again obtain comfortable profit margins. Capital investment decisions can be critical to the success or failure of a business. Understanding the process of capital budget evaluation techniques is therefore an important step to decision making. Two basic categories of techniques exist, techniques that consider the time value of money and techniques that ignore the time value of money the later producing less accurate results but being easier to understand and compute. The time value of money concept takes into account that the current value of a dollar that is received in the future is less valuable than it is if received today (Edmonds, Olds, McNair, Tsay, Schneider, & Milam, 2007). The two most common time value...
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...Capital Budget Recommendation By Sara Hinton ACC543 Professor Gayle Mackay July 17, 2012 Located in Sonora Mexico is a furniture company owned by one Guillermo Navallez called Guillermo Furniture Company. The Guillermo Furniture Company has had quite the success since opening, however in the late nineteen nineties this success began to waiver. The reason for such a change in success for the Guillermo Furniture Company is due to globalization. Due to the automation embraced by the company’s competitors, which has caused a reduction in profit margins as well as raise production costs for the Guillermo Furniture Company, there has been significant decline in business. Mr. Navallez is now faced with a plethora of decisions that may or may not dramatically change the way in which the Guillermo Furniture Company is operated. The accountant that has been hired by the Guillermo Furniture Company has been assigned to analyze capital budget techniques that will help determine which course of action should be taken by Mr. Navallez. This has been accomplished by not only examining capital budget techniques but through extensive research in understanding business alternatives available to the Guillermo Furniture Company as well. There are different business alternatives available to Mr. Guillermo Navallez. Like many of his competitors, Mr. Navallez has the option of merging his business with that of a larger company or he...
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...Capital Budget Recommendation Managerial Accounting and Legal Aspects of Business Introduction As requested by Mr. Guillermo Navallez, owner of the Guillermo Furniture Company, an analysis of existing investment opportunities will be presented through various capital budgeting evaluation techniques. Furthermore, a brief synopsis of how each method assists in determining the investment opportunity with the greatest return will be reviewed. A recommended course of action will be provided coupled with present value calculations to support this proposal. Capital Budget Evaluation Techniques Various analytical methods exist to help business owners make wise capital investment decisions. Because there are many evaluation methods, it makes good business sense to apply the various techniques to the same proposal in order to obtain multiple perspectives (Edmonds, 2007). The Net Present Value (NPV) method which takes the time value of money into consideration, is the capital budget technique which focuses on increasing the value of the business. Using Guillermo’s project data, the marginal cash inflows are defined as the increase in net cash inflows compared to the current situation. Since we know the depreciation formula under the high tech option has a projected useful life of ten years, this is the period used for this analysis. Calculations are as follows: Current Situation High-Tech Option Annual Net Income (Pretax) $46,118 Annual Net Income...
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...Guillermo Furniture Company Guillermo Furniture has just employed you as an accountant. Two significant events affected the company’s financial stability and the owner. Thus, I will distinguish among the different capital budget evaluation techniques and explain how these diverse techniques to assist in providing the best recommendation to the company. I also recommend the present value calculations as part of the recommendation that base on a capital budget evaluation technique. Guillermo Furniture Store has located in a very well-known vacation spot in Sonora, Mexico and an excellent supply of timber. It provides Guillermo Navallez the ability to produce a wide variety of tables and chairs. Guillermo Navallez could price the handcrafted products at a slight premium for the quality because labor was relatively inexpensive. During late 1990’s abroad competitor went into the furniture market of Sonora using a high-tech approach that delivered the furniture to exact clients to determine the low prices. Sonora was also home and headquarters to one of the largest retailers in the nation. During the same period the city began to grow and with an increase in population, development expanded, and jobs raised the costs substantially. These events caused Guillermo to watch his profit margins shrink as the cost rose, and the prices fell. Capital budgeting is a process that managers use when they choose among a strategic investment opportunity (Eldenburg & Wolcott, 2011). It is one...
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...Capital Budget Recommendation Judy Milstead ACC 453/Managerial Accounting & Legal Aspects of Business November 26, 2012 Kyra Squirrel Guillermo Furniture Company is in the furniture business of manufacturing premium quality furniture. The total assets for Guillero Furniture Company from Dec 2010 ($1,350,529) to Dec 2011 ($1,356,411) will help in making the decision in exploring capital budget techniques. Until the 1990’s Guillermo was able stay afloat with just charging a premium rate for his quality furniture until competitors came on the scene. After reviewing his business plan to determine what could be change in the business to be able to compete with his competitors. In making this decision to update his production processes with new equipment or outsourcing the manufacturing to a Norway company or become a broker for this company. To evaluate the options available, many companies utilize various capital budgeting techniques in making the decision before investing in a new project. To base capital projects are evaluated on quantitative as well as qualitative analysis and information. To receive more information, it is best to used more than one technique to applied to a project. In exploring capital budget evaluations techniques to used various intermediate range decisions. In using this techniques will aid in the decision of resulting in the greatest...
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...Guillermo Furniture Capital Budget Recommendation Kendall Nicholson University of Phoenix Managerial Accounting and Legal Aspects of Business ACC/543 Curtis Brooks April 23, 2012 Guillermo Furniture Capital Budget Recommendation Guillermo Furniture is on the verge of making an important business decision. Increased competition and rising costs have shrunk its profits considerably. Although many of its smaller competitors are merging with larger corporation, Guillermo does not consider this a viable option. Guillermo Furniture must choose between upgrading to a high-tech computer controlled laser lathe that reduces labor costs dramatically and using its distribution channels to help a competitor to market its products. This option would result in Guillermo becoming more of a distribution network than a manufacturing company. Guillermo also has a patented process for coating its furniture. The flame retardant portion of this process is potentially profitable, but the finished coating is not as desired. Capital Budget Evaluation Techniques Several techniques are available to Guillermo to use for making a decision on which course of action is best. One technique is the net present value (NPV) technique. This technique compares the present values of future cash inflows against the initial cost and cash outflows of a capital investment. In this case, the future inflows of cash must be compared with the interest rate that Guillermo could receive on the investment...
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...Capital Budget Recommendation for Guillermo Furniture Managerial Accounting and Legal Aspects of Business ACC 543 Capital Budget Recommendation for Guillermo Furniture After careful evaluation of preexisting financial documents, an assessment has been made to determine what business decision will provide the greatest return for Mr. Navallez, owner of Guillermo Furniture. Presently, Mr. Navallez needs to re-strategize his business endeavors, because there is now new competition in the furniture manufacturing industry. The competition uses high-tech, automated machinery to mass-produce furniture at an end-price cheaper than Mr. Navallez can offer his clientele (Guillermo Furniture Scenario). Additionally, the competition has very little labor costs, as most work is done by machine; conversely, Navallez is projected to pay $44,065 in wages for the year of 2011 (Guillermo Furniture Financial Data Sheets). Although expensive, an option available to Mr. Navallez is to invest in high-end equipment and remain in the furniture manufacturing industry. In order to explore the possibility a potentially lucrative investment opportunity capital budget must be estimated and compared to the expected cash inflow. Capital budgeting techniques can be used to determine if the investment in high-tech machinery will provide a sufficient return on investment. Two methods commonly used are net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR). Additionally, the amount of time it will...
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...accounting courses gain an in-depth knowledge of budgeting by developing and using a multi-product, multi-period master budget. The case consists of two segments that can be used in conjunction or separately. The first segment allows students to create a master budget. The second segment allows students to use their budgets to make recommendations for improving company performance. The use of multiple products and introduction of incentives to improve company performance add a degree of complexity above that found in most budgeting problems. Working on this type of case provides students with a greater understanding of both the flexibility of a master budget and of the information such a budget can provide to decision-makers. In addition, the case illustrates the incentives for budget padding, providing an opportunity to conduct a discussion of ethical budgeting and potential consequences in a rich context. This is a Simplified Chinese version. This case is intended to help students in upper division or graduate cost or managerial accounting courses gain an in-depth knowledge of budgeting by developing and using a multi-product, multi-period master budget. The case consists of two segments that can be used in conjunction or separately. The first segment allows students to create a master budget. The second segment allows students to use their budgets to make recommendations for improving company performance. The use of multiple products and introduction of incentives to improve company...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FACTS: ISSUES: ANALYSIS: RECOMMENDATIONS: FACTS: ISSUES: With Body Glove’s primary goal to become the number one wetsuit manufacturer, how can they properly utilize the budgeting process to forecast and measure revenues and expenses, clearly communicating expectations throughout the entire organization (sales and manufacturing), while motivating all employees to work in support of this strategy . ANALYSIS: Body Glove prepared its first formal revenue and expense budget last year. Russ employed a simple bottom-up process to allow participation from his department heads. They used the budgeting system mainly to project revenues basing on a 25% increase in sales the management team estimated. Sales budget being the cornerstone of the entire master budget, became the basis of coordination for all other departments’ budgets. Budget period was broken down by months and by products. Russ consolidates, reviews and discusses the budget with his managers, sometimes suggesting changes. He noticed his managers didn’t implore a lot of budgetary slack because of the way they optimistically forecasted revenues and while not accounting for unforeseen expenses that might be incurred to support the company’s 5 year strategic goal of expanding marketing. Russ also foresees high uncertainty in the market which can come from competition, change in customer demand and taste. Though Body Glove or any company’s goal is to increase profit, there wasn’t a...
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...MOSHOOD EMIABATA, will be presenting on the topic ‘budgeting’ which involves written plans that indicate future objectives, how to achieve the objectives and the expected outcome of the action within a specific period of time. This will be related to the 2016 Nigerian budget that had led to controversy in Nigeria. Plans can be described as the method of acting, making or starting something. Future objectives can be described as what we want to achieve in the future. It is also important to have an expected outcome so as to compare with the actual outcome of our plans. STUDY QUESITIONS 1. What are the purposes of budgeting? 2. What will happen if there are no budgets before taking actions? 3. Who are those responsible for budgeting? 4. Can budget meet actual outcome? AIM The aim of the presentation is to evaluate the effect of budgeting on decision making and to relate it with the effect of budget preparation. THE NEED TO RESEARCH AND PRESENT THIS TOPIC This topic is one of the main problems in my country (Nigeria). The Nigerian economy is at a standstill not just because of the fall in crude oil prices but also the fact that the National Assembly have a lot reservations on the proposed 2016 budget leading to delay in government activities. With this view as a Nigerian, budgeting is the best topic for me at the moment in order to contribute to the restoration of the Nigerian economy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF STATISTICAL DATA Descriptive method of research...
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...Cost, Budgets and Strategic Decision Making in Management Accounting Answer (a) Budgets can be characterized as a quantitative explanation, for a certain time period, which may incorporate arranged incomes, cash flow, costs, resources, and liabilities. Budgeting alludes to the procedure of outlining, actualizing, and working budgets. Budgeting, as a control device, gives an activity plan to guarantee that the association's real exercises are slightest digressed from the planned exercises. Budgets are utilized to give an outline of the organization and procedures performed in it. They are helpful in asset allocation where assets are distributed in such a route, to the point that the techniques, which are relied upon to give the most astounding returns, receive top priority (Libby and Murray, 2010). Budgets are additionally forecast instruments and bring about a significant improvement readied to adjust to changes in business atmosphere. They ought to be produced in such a route, to the point that they consider the key necessities of each of the functions. Budget detailing comprises of an arrangement of exercises: a budget department is created in which a budget controller is appointed, strategies are developed for budget readiness, budget recommendations are created at the department level, the budget is developed for the whole company, financial backing period and key budget elements are decided, the budget is evaluated and approved, growth is observed, and the budget...
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... Competition Bikes, Inc. Budget Process Budgets are used for forecasting future business growth and outcomes. Providing a comparison between a forecasted budget with previous year’s actual results allows leadership to strategize and plan for the company’s future on past performance. Producing a master budget roadmap for future operations may be done in two ways--by using fixed budget or flexible budgeting processes. There are advantages and disadvantages of each method of evaluation or projection of growth and it is recommended that the leadership of Competition Bikes, Inc, (CBI) consider all options presented to optimize future corporate growth. The CEO of Competition Bikes, Inc. requested a review of current budgetary information (“Year 8”) projection for the upcoming business year. Areas of analysis and management intervention have been reviewed based on data provided by CBI. Competition Bikes, Inc.’s “Year 9” budget (pro forma) has been based on financial information provided based on a current trend analysis from three previous years and focusing on “Year 8” financials. A master budget was created to plan and control revenues and costs for future growth and corporate development for “Year 9.” The benefit to CBI leadership in reviewing “Year 9” financial plans allows for decision-making on planning, coordination of operations, and benchmarking for an evaluation of actual performance at the end of “Year 9.” To review, a static budget does not change after it is...
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...Rather, the sale forecast uses assumptions derived entirely from corporate headquarters’ analyses. Such assumptions include inventory carryovers, packing trends, and etc. The forecasting method also lacks a decentralized mindset which is vital when there are different markets and customer preference. By using a centralized system, the company’s decisions do not accommodate for these differences. This would greatly hinder the company’s performance in sensitive markets that require more attention to socially acceptable practices. Lastly, the plant managers are responsible for the budgeted profits since their performance is evaluated based on their plants’ profit. However, they do not possess full control on those profit components. Sales budgets are made by the district sale managers who are less knowledgeable on the logistics of the plant than the plant managers...
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