Acme fasteners keeps efficiency high by making a million of each kind of bolt
at a time. but its customers usually want to buy only 1,000 to 10,000 of a kind
at a time. what service of wholesalers can best acme in this situation?
o
a. buying large quantities and selling in smaller lots needed by
customers
o
b. transporting fasteners to storage facilities
o
c. being experts in fasteners and customers who use them
o
d. keeping fasteners stored without theft or other kinds of loss

Quick computing currently sells 12 million computer chips each year at a price of $19 per chip. it is about to introduce a new chip, and it forecasts annual sales of 22 million of these improved chips at a price of $24 each. however, demand for the old chip will decrease, and sales of the old chip are expected to fall to 6 million per year. the old chips cost $10 each to manufacture, and the new ones will cost $14 each. what is the proper cash flow to use to evaluate the present value of the introduction of the new chip? (enter your answer in millions.)