[memyselfla]

Investing $2,000,000 in TQM's Channel Support Systems initiative will at a minimum increase demand for your products 1.7% in this and in all future rounds. (Refer to the TQM Initiative worksheet in the CompXM.xls Decisions menu.) Looking at the Round 0 Inquirer for Andrews, last year's sales were $162,769,074. Assuming similar sales next year, the 1.7% increase in demand will provide $2,767,074 of additional revenue. With the overall contribution margin of 33.6%, after direct costs this revenue will add $929,737 to the bottom line. For simplicity, assume that the demand increase and margins will remain at last year's levels. How long will it take to achieve payback on the initial $2,000,000 TQM investment, rounded to the nearest month?

[morgaine300]

Please see the guidelines for posting homework problems:
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One hint - see if you can make plain English out of that paragraph since it reads like some literary work instead of like a normal person. And there's a lot of stuff you don't need. What's it really come down to? (Though I don't know what's in the worksheet that I can't see.)