A cherry processing facility in Northern Michigan processes…
A cherry processing facility in Northern Michigan processes both sweet and tart cherries for local growers. The facility needs to install a new cherry pitter. An analyst recently obtained the following estimates. Preliminary feasibility study (this year, year 0) $4,000 Purchase & install system (this year, year 0) $240,000 Annual operating costs (years 1-8) $14,000 in year 1, increasing by $3,000 each year Salvage value (year 8) $24,000 Other phase-out activities (year 8) $3,000 The cherry pitter would be used for eight years. The facility uses a before-tax MARR of 10% per year for these types of decisions. What is the capital recovery (CR) cost of the system? What is the annual equivalent worth of the operating costs? What is the annual equivalent cost of this project?