BetterBuilt Products, a Large Machine Shop in the Pacific Northwest

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BetterBuilt Products, a large machine shop in the Pacific Northwest, employs 138 people in design, accounting, sales, purchasing, production, and delivery. The company’s machined products are of the highest quality, production almost always stays “on track,” and delivery generally meets or exceeds customer expectations. Management regularly looks for ways to improve effectiveness and efficiency of operations by reducing production/cycle time and cutting costs.
-A project team is formed at BetterBuilt when management assembles personnel from different functional areas to work together throughout the product development process.

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Definitions:

Internal Rate of Return

A financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of an investment, representing the interest rate at which the net present value of all cash flows (both positive and negative) from a project or investment equal zero.

Straight-Line Depreciation

An operation for dividing the expense of a solid asset through its functional duration in even yearly sums.

Simple Rate of Return

A calculation that estimates the profitability of an investment, dividing annual incremental net operating income by the initial investment cost.

Cash Operating Costs

Expenses a business incurs through its operations that require cash payments, excluding non-cash expenses like depreciation.