Question: Martin is working to develop a preliminary cost-benefit analysis for a new client-server system. He has identified a number of cost factors and values for

Martin is working to develop a preliminary cost-benefit analysis for a new client-server system. He has identified a number of cost factors and values for the new system, summarized in the following tables: Development CostsPersonnel 2 Systems Analysts 400 hours/ea @ $50/hour 4 Programmer Analysts 250 hours/ea @ $35/hour 1 GUI Designer 200 hours/ea @ $40/hour 1 Telecommunications Specialist 50 hours/ea @ $50/hour 1 System Architect 100 hours/ea @ $50/hour 1 Database Specialist 15 hours/ea @ $45/hour 1 System Librarian 250 hours/ea @ $15/hour Development CostsTraining 4 Oracle training registration $3500/student Development CostsNew Hardware and Software 1 Development server $18,700 1 Server software (OS, misc.) $1500 1 DBMS server software $7500 7 DBMS client software $950/client Annual Operating CostsPersonnel 2 Programmer Analysts 125 hours/ea @ $35/hour 1 System Librarian 20 hours/ea @ $15/hour Annual Operating CostsHardware, Software, and Misc. 1 Maintenance agreement for server $995 1 Maintenance agreement for server DBMS software $525 Preprinted forms 15,000/year @ $.22/form The benefits of the new system are expected to come from two sources: increased sales and lower inventory levels. Sales are expected to increase by $30,000 in the first year of the system's operation and will grow at a rate of 10% each year there after. Savings from lower inventory levels are expected to be $15,000 per year for each year of the project's life. Using a format similar to the spreadsheets in this chapter, develop a spreadsheet that summarizes this project's cash flow, assuming a four-year useful life after the project is developed. Compute the present value of the cash flows, using an interest rate of 9%. What is the NPV for this project? What is the ROI for this project? What is the break-even point? Should this project be accepted by the approval committee? Using the ProjNPV.xlsx worksheet as a guide (suggested) develop an Excel spreadsheet named CSProjNPV.xlsx which provides an economic analysis of the client-server system in Mini-Case 4 from Chapter 1. The case doesn't state it but for Annual Operating Costs - Personnel the costs are anticipated to rise at 4% per year after the first year, but for Hardware, Software, Misc the annual costs will remain constant. In a block below the analysis table, answer the case's questions (i.e., What is the NPV for this project? What is the ROI for this project? What is the break-even point? Should this project be accepted by the approval committee?). In addition to the case's questions, calculate and report what the Year 1 Value for Increased Sales would need to be to have the project break-even in present value terms at the end of year 4 (i.e., PV Benefits - Costs of zero)

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