An airport needs a modern material handling system for facilitating access to and from a busy maintenance hanger. A second-hand
system will cost $75 comma 00075,000. A new system with improved technology can decrease labor hours by 2020% compared to the used system. The new system will cost $150 comma 000150,000 to purchase and install. Both systems have a useful life of five years. The market value of the used system is expected to be $20 comma 00020,000 in five years, and the market value of the new system is anticipated to be $50 comma 00050,000 in five years. Current maintenance activity will require the used system to be operated 8 hours per day for 20 days per month. If labor costs $4040 per hour and the MARR is 11% per month, which system should be recommended?
Economic specialization refers to the concept that when a nation starts producing limited products because they are good at it and leave other products it means that they are economically specialized