5- (15 pts.) XPRO Manufacturing is considering the introduction of a family of new products. John Avalon, the VP of Operations considering three different production processes (batch manufacturing, custom manufacturing, and group technology. The demand and profit depends on the state of economy as provided in table below.

Question 3) Define what you understand about project financing and explain the variety of funding sources available. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the different internal and external sources of funds?

P16-31 CVP Analysis and Special Decisions Smoothie Company produces fruit purees which it sells to smoothie bars and health clubs. Assume the most recent year's sales revenue was $5,800,000. Variable costs were 55% of sales and fixed costs totaled $1,560,000. Smoothie is evaluating two alternatives designed to enhance profitability. • One staff member has proposed that Smoothie purchase more automated processing equipment. This strategy would increase fixed costs by $250,000 but decrease variable costs to 50% of sales. • Another staff member has suggested that Smoothie rely more on outsourcing for fruit processing. This would reduce fixed costs by $250,000 but increase variable costs to 60% of sales. Required a. What is the current break-even point in sales dollars? b. Assuming an income tax rate of 20%, what dollar sales volume is currently required to obtain an after-tax profit of $1,000,000? c. In the absence of income taxes, at what sales volume will both alternatives (automation and out- sourcing) provide the same profit? d. Briefly describe one strength and one weakness of both the automation and the outsourcing alternatives.

P17-31. Special Order Razor USA produces a variety of electric scooters. Assume that Razor has just received an order from a customer (Pulse Cycles) for 500 Power Core scooters. The following price, based on cost plus a 60% markup, has been developed for the order:

E17-24. Sell or Process Further Ecolab produces cleaning and sanitizing chemicals for commercial markets. Assume the processes raw material D into joint products E and F. Raw material D costs $8 per liter. It costs $15) to convert 100 liters of D into 60 liters of E and 40 liters of F. Product F can be sold immediately for $40 per liter or processed further into Product G at an additional cost of $12 per liter. Product G can then be sold for $55 per liter. Determine whether Product F should be sold or processed further into Product G. P E17-25. Limited Resour

3-(30 pts.) The Excel Midterm Data File in BB includes the total compensation (in $millions) of CEO's of 170 large public companies and the investment returns in 2012.