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A business process outsourcing has the following avoided costs, incurred costs, and other characteristics:
Use Excel to answer the following question. Based on the NPV of the cash flows, should this business process be outsourced?
Please show all the formulas used in excel.
| NPV of Outsourcing Calculation | ||||
| Time line | Now : Year 1 Beginning | Year 2 start | Year 3 start | Year 4 start |
| Costs Avoided by outsourcing : | ||||
| Salaries & Wages | 450,000 | 450,000 | 450,000 | 450,000 |
| Furniture & Equipment | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Supplies | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 |
| Software | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Facility Rent/Lease | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 |
| Utilities/Communications | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Transition Revenue Now | ||||
| Sale of unused asset | 10,000 | |||
| Costs incurred by Outsourcing | ||||
| Payment to Supplier | (440,000) | (440,000) | (440,000) | (440,000) |
| Contract Administration | (30,000) | (30,000) | (30,000) | (30,000) |
| Transition cost Now: | ||||
| Severance Pay | (40,000) | |||
| Total Net Cash flow | 305,000 | 335,000 | 335,000 | 335,000 |
| Years for discounting | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| PV factor @4% | 1 | 0.9615 | 0.9246 | 0.8890 |
| PV of Net Cash flow | 305,000 | 322,115 | 309,726 | 297,814 |
| NPV of Net cash flow = | 1,234,655 | |||
| As the NPV of outsourcing is positive, the business process should be outsourced. |