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Option	NPV of the Cash Flows	Initial Investment	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9	Year 10
A	Project A: 25 Employee Facility	-2,000	-200	-300	-400	200	400	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
B	Project B: 40 Employee Facility	-2,500	-200	-200	100	400	400	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500
C	Project C: 75 Employee Facility	-3,000	-300	-400	-100	600	700	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000
D	Equipment 1- Fully Automatic	-1,500	-100	100	200	400	200	800	800	800	800	800
E	Equipment 1- Semi Automatic	-1,000	-50	-100	200	200	300	600	600	600	600	600
F	Equipment 1- Manual	-750	150	150	150	150	150	750	750	750	750	750
G	Equipment 2- Standard	-800	-175	200	250	250	300	700	700	700	700	700
H	Equipment 2- Top of the Line	-1,500	-100	275	325	325	325	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500
I	Equipment 3- 3-Man Machine	-700	-200	-150	250	350	350
J	Equipment 3- 2-Man Machine	-600	-175	-100	175	175	175
K	Equipment - 5-Man Machine	-750	-300	-200	300	400	400

Construct and recommend between three and five metrics to measure the performance of the new operating strategy. At least one metric should reflect dividend policy as it relates to rewarding shareholders.

Prepare an executive summary describing your recommendations for each project and the overall cost, net cash flows, and expected returns of the operating configuration that you recommend. Be sure to justify your recommendations in terms of the investment criteria applied in Step 3 above. Be sure to report the full cost of the facility as it is configured per your recommendations. Present and justify your operating strategy performance metrics.

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