Currently, it takes five days from the time customers mail payments until Shark Bait Rafts (SBR) deposits
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Currently, it takes five days from the time customers mail payments until Shark Bait Rafts (SBR) deposits them. SBR would like to set up a lockbox collection system that would reduce this collection float by three days. If SBR receives an average of $2,500 in payments per day and its opportunity cost is 18 percent, how much should SBR be willing to pay each month for the lockbox system?
Opportunity CostOpportunity cost is the profit lost when one alternative is selected over another. The Opportunity Cost refers to the expected returns from the second best alternative use of resources that are foregone due to the scarcity of resources such as land,...
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