Please solve the following problem using breakeven analysis. A silicon wafer manufacturing company is evaluating two...

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Please solve the following problem using breakeven analysis. A silicon wafer manufacturing company is evaluating two alternatives; the purchase of an automatic polishing system or a semi-automatic polishing system for a wafer polishing process. Two person will operate the automatic polishing machine. However, because of manual material handling, the semi-automatic polishing machine require six workers to operate the system. Table 2 shows the system information. The company estimate production output is 1 250 units per year with expected rate of return of 10% per year Evaluate this option with suitable graph for recommendation to the company whether to purchase an automatic or a semi-automatic polishing system. First Cost, RM Salvage, RM Life, years Labor Cost, RM per hour Output, units per hour Maintenance Cost, RM per year Table 2: System Information AUTOMATIC POLISHING SYSTEM 40 000 8 000 10 20 15 5 000 for first year and increase 1 000 every year SEMI AUTOMATIC POLISHING SYSTEM 15 000 2 000 5 12 10 4 500 Please solve the following problem using breakeven analysis. A silicon wafer manufacturing company is evaluating two alternatives; the purchase of an automatic polishing system or a semi-automatic polishing system for a wafer polishing process. Two person will operate the automatic polishing machine. However, because of manual material handling, the semi-automatic polishing machine require six workers to operate the system. Table 2 shows the system information. The company estimate production output is 1 250 units per year with expected rate of return of 10% per year Evaluate this option with suitable graph for recommendation to the company whether to purchase an automatic or a semi-automatic polishing system. First Cost, RM Salvage, RM Life, years Labor Cost, RM per hour Output, units per hour Maintenance Cost, RM per year Table 2: System Information AUTOMATIC POLISHING SYSTEM 40 000 8 000 10 20 15 5 000 for first year and increase 1 000 every year SEMI AUTOMATIC POLISHING SYSTEM 15 000 2 000 5 12 10 4 500