Assignment 4

Question 1: #21, Page 1040

NOTES, PART (A):

First, calculate the number of ‘bad’ cartons for each firm and the resulting loss of Market Share using the

following formulas

B C
Actual Bad Cartons
15 Firm A 10 =ROUND(RiskBinomial(C4,C9),0)
16 Firm B 12 =ROUND(RiskBinomial(C5,C10),0)
17 Firm C 17 =ROUND(RiskBinomial(C6,C11),0)

Market Share Loss

20 Firm A 90 =RiskOutput("Market Loss: A")+C4-ROUND(C15,0)
21 Firm B 88 =RiskOutput("Market Loss: B")+C5-ROUND(C16,0)
22 Firm C 83 =RiskOutput("Market Loss: C")+C6-ROUND(C17,0)

Next, calculate the number of families moving from one firm to another and the resulting new Market Share.

Note that C27, C29 and C31 were not calculated using the RiskBinomial function, as the maximum number of

Families Switching can be no greater than the number lost ( [A to B] + [A to C] = [Market Share Loss for A]).

B C
Families Switching Firms
26 A to B 4 =ROUND(RiskBinomial(C15,C21/(C21+C22)),0)
27 A to C 6 =C15-C26
28 B to A 7 =ROUND(RiskBinomial(C16,C20/(C20+C22)),0)
29 B to C 5 =C16-C28
30 C to A 10 =ROUND(RiskBinomial(C17,C20/(C20+C21)),0)
31 C to B 7 =C17-C30

New Market Share

34 Firm A 107 =RiskOutput("New Share: A")+C20+C28+C30
35 Firm B 99 =RiskOutput("New Share: B")+C21+C26+C31
36 Firm C 94 =RiskOutput("New Share: C")+C22+C27+C29

Next, create a table to run these weekly Market Share changes for a year (52 rows total, with Market Share from

previous week used as inputs for Market Share of current week).

Week Loss A Loss B Loss C Adj A Adj B Adj C A->B A->C B->A B->C C->A C->B New A New B New C
0 0 0 100 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 100
1 11 16 25 87 88 76 6 3 9 6 13 11 106 109 85
2 10 11 17 93 98 71 4 3 4 2 9 7 109 115 76
3 9 10 10 102 95 61 6 5 7 8 3 7 122 104 74

50 13 18 12 147 79 36 8 9 15 4 7 1 158 93 49
51 13 11 9 143 85 38 12 5 10 3 6 4 155 99 46
52 22 19 12 138 83 39 16 6 13 - 7 3 158 97 45

Finally, run the @Risk simulation using 1000 iterations to create the following results table.

Output Name Minimum Maximum Mean Std Dev

Market Share: A 122 198 167 10
Market Share: B 64 135 99 12
Market Share: C 3 68 34 12

ANSWER, Part (A): The Mean market share for each firm after one year, based on my simulation, is as

follows: Firm A: 167, Firm B: 99, Firm C: 34

NOTES, Part (B):

Using the same data as in Part (A), add two columns to the 52-week table: Cumulative Revenue starts with -$1

Million to represent the initial investment, and Incremental Revenue measures the increase (or decrease) in

Market Share over the previous week and adds (or subtracts) $10,000 for each 1% change.

Week New A New B New C Inc. Rev Cum. Rev

100 100 100 0 -1000000
1 105 104 91 50,000.00 (950,000)
2 108 107 85 28,571.43 (921,429)
3 120 98 82 111,111.11 (810,317)

50 229 68 3 17,777.78 (140,503)

51 222 75 3 (30,567.69) (171,070)
52 216 81 3 (27,027.03) (198,097)

Also, change the @Risk function for the Weekly Loss of Market Share of A from

=ROUND(RiskBinomial(R2,$C$9),0) TO =ROUND(RiskBinomial(R2,$C$9)/2,0)
in order to cut the percentage of unsatisfactory juice cartons in half for company A.

Finally, run the @Risk simulation using 1000 iterations to create the following results table.

Output Name Minimum Maximum Mean Std Dev

Market Share: A 198 241 222 7
Market Share: B 35 93 66 9
Market Share: C - 44 12 8
Cumulative Revenue (278,302) (76,712) (165,608) 30,308

ANSWER, PART(B):

The mean Market Share for company A does significantly increase with the investment of $1MM to reduce the

number of unacceptable juice cartons. This simulation shows an increase of 55 families from 167 (in part A) to

222 (in part B). However, the increased Market Share does not provide sufficient Cumulative Revenue to offset

the $1MM investment, making it not worthwhile.

Question 2: #23, Page 1040

NOTES

Begin by building a table that uses @Risk functions to calculate 10 years of market growth in this industry. Use

the following formulas

Begin Mkt Shr: =RiskTriang(B9,B10,B11)

Pig Growth: =RiskNormal($B$5,$B$8)

MKTSHR: =IF(E24=0,$D$22,$D$22*(1-E24*$B$17))

Competitors: =IF(E24<3,MIN(E24+RiskBinomial(3,0.4),3),3)

Actual Profit: =(C24*D24)*($B$18-$B$19)

 Begin Mkt Shr
Estimated Market Share 38.51%
Year Pig Growth Pig Population MKTSHR Competetors Actual Profit
1 2.27% 1,022,716 38.51% - $ 708,940
2 4.59% 1,069,641 30.81% 1.00 $ 593,174
3 4.81% 1,121,074 23.11% 2.00 $ 466,273
4 4.08% 1,166,859 15.40% 3.00 $ 323,543
5 6.28% 1,240,105 15.40% 3.00 $ 343,853
6 3.48% 1,283,283 15.40% 3.00 $ 355,825
7 4.47% 1,340,611 15.40% 3.00 $ 371,721
8 4.88% 1,406,070 15.40% 3.00 $ 389,871
9 4.91% 1,475,078 15.40% 3.00 $ 409,005
10 4.96% 1,548,182 15.40% 3.00 $ 429,276

Next, calculate the NPV of the 10-years based on a 10% annual profit discount rate, and assign it to an @Risk

output using the formula

NPV: = RiskOutput("NPV: ")+NPV(B20,F24:F33)

Finally, run the @Risk simulation using 1000 iterations to create the following results table.

Output Name Minimum Maximum Mean Std Dev

Total Revenue: $ 1,902,958 $ 7,904,789 $ 4,024,795 $ 1,010,703
NPV: $ 1,177,725 $ 5,273,019 $ 2,553,484 $ 665,236

ANSWER, PART (A):

The mean NPV for Mutron, using the simulation outlined above is $2,553,484.

ANSWER, PART (B):

Using @Risk Results window, we can modify the value of the left and right slider in the NPV Distribution

graph such that the values are 2.5% and 97.5%. This gives the confidence interval of 95% for Mutron’s actual

NPV. As shown in the graph below, Mutron can be 95% certain that the actual NPV will be between $1,423,556

and $3,925,667.
 Distribution for NPV: /F35
X <=1423556 X <=3925667
2.5% 97.5%
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Question 3: #43, Page 1050

NOTES:

Begin by building a table that uses @Risk functions to calculate 10 years of market changes in this industry.

Use the following formulas

Potential Market: =B43*(1+RiskNormal($B$6,$B$9))

Competitors: =IF(C43<5,MIN(C43+RiskBinomial(1,0.2),4),4)

Price: =D43*(1.05)

Cost: =RiskDiscrete(B13:C13,B14:C14)*(1.05)

Mean Sales: =IF(A44<=$B$22,ROUND((($F$23-($F$24*C44))*G43) +

(($F$25-($F$26*C44))*(B44-G43)),0),0)

Unit Sales: =ROUND(RiskNormal(F44,(0.075*F44)),0)

Profit: =G44*(D44-E44)

Cumulative Profit: =IF(F44=0,0,I43+H44)

To determine the Number of Years total, I used =RISKDISCRETE(B3:F3,B4:F4).

To determine the Development Cost, I used =RiskDiscrete(B17:D17,B18:D18).

Year PotMarket Competitors Price Cost Mean Sales Unit Sales Profit Cum Profit
1 1,000,000 1 $ 10.00 $ 6.00 160,000 144,667 $ 578,668 $ (9,421,332)
2 1,056,779 2 $ 10.50 $ 6.30 210,720 237,334 $ 996,803 $ (8,424,529)
3 1,112,049 2 $ 11.03 $ 6.62 - - $ - $ -
4 1,162,514 2 $ 11.58 $ 6.95 - - $ - $ -
5 1,201,933 3 $ 12.16 $ 7.29 - - $ - $ -
6 1,255,991 4 $ 12.76 $ 7.66 - - $ - $ -
7 1,324,235 4 $ 13.40 $ 8.04 - - $ - $ -
8 1,399,349 4 $ 14.07 $ 8.44 - - $ - $ -
9 1,464,673 4 $ 14.77 $ 8.86 - - $ - $ -
10 1,562,218 4 $ 15.51 $ 9.31 - - $ - $ -

Next, calculate the NPV of the 10-years based on a 5% Annual Discount Rate, and assign it to an @Risk output

using the formula below. Please note that there was no discount rate assigned in the question, so this 5% value

was somewhat arbitrary.

=RiskOutput("NPV")+NPV(0.05,I43:I52)

Finally, run the @Risk simulation using 1000 iterations to create the following results table.

Output Name Minimum Maximum Mean Std Dev

NPV ($42,674,000) $74,257,536 ($5,638,617) $18,723,056

ANSWER, PART (A):

The mean NPV for Toys For U, using the simulation outlined above is -$5,638,617.

ANSWER, PART (B):

Using @Risk Results window, we can modify the value of the left and right slider in the NPV Distribution

graph such that the values are 2.5% and 97.5%. This gives the confidence interval of 95% for Toys For U’s

actual NPV. As shown in the graph below, Toys For U can be 95% certain that the actual NPV will be between -

$30.972,520 and $41,626,296, with a Standard Deviation of $18,723,056.

 Distribution for NPV/I54
X <=-30972520 X <=41626296
2.5% 97.5%
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This is a very large Standard Deviation, so I ran a sensitivity analysis on the data, as shown below. It reveals a

strong impact by the Development Cost as well as Unit Sales in later years. If Toys For U could find a more

accurate estimate of the development costs, they may find this project has a more positive NPV, allowing them

to reduce risk.

Regression Sensitivity for NPV/I54

Devel Cost/B30 -0.645

Unit Sales/G49 0.613

Unit Sales/G51 0.606

Variable Cost Yr0/B26 -0.327

YRS Doll w ill sell/B22 -0.292

Unit Sales/G50 -0.253

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Unit Sales/G52 -0.185

Competitors/C44 -0.055

Unit Sales/G44 0.044

Competitors/C47 0.031

Competitors/C45 -0.029

Unit Sales/G43 0.028

-1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1

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 Question 4

NOTES PART (A) Sub(i):

Using the formula provided to determine Price, I used RISKNORMAL(0,1) to identify a standard normal value

with mean 0 and standard deviation 1. For simplification of the formulas, I calculated the exponents separately

from the Price, using the formulas below.

Exponent: =($D$4-(0.5*$D$5^2))*B19+($D$5*RiskNormal(0,1)*SQRT(B19))

Price: =RiskOutput("Price at 6 Months")+$D$13*EXP(C19)

Value: =RiskOutput("Put Value")+D8-D19

Months Exponent Price Value

0.50 0.167634 $ 82 $ (12)

I then ran the @Risk simulation using 1000 iterations to create the following results table.

Output Name Minimum Maximum Mean Std Dev

Price at 6 Months $ 31.47 $ 156.35 $ 74.37 $ 18.67
Put Value $ (86.35) $ 38.53 $ (4.37) $ 18.67

ANSWER PART (A) Sub(i):

The mean value of the Put after 6 months is -$4.37.

NOTES PART (A) Sub(ii):

I calculated the value of Portfolio 1 by subtracting the calculated current stock price minus the original stock

price, then adjusting for present value.

Portfolio 1 Value: =RiskOutput("P1 Value")+(D19/(1+$D$6/2))-($D$3)

Portfolio 2 Value is the value of the put plus the value of the stock on the sale date (6 months). These numbers

Using the formula provided to determine Price, I used RISKNORMAL(0,1) to identify a standard normal value

with mean 0 and standard deviation 1. For simplification of the formulas, I calculated the exponents separately

from the Price, using the formulas below.

 Exponent: =($D$4-(0.5*$D$5^2))*B19+($D$5*RiskNormal(0,1)*SQRT(B19))

Price: =RiskOutput("Price at 6 Months")+$D$13*EXP(C19)

Value: =RiskOutput("Put Value")+D8-D19

Days Exponent Price Put Value P1 Value P2 Value P1 Return P2 Return

126.00 0.084184 $ 75.06 $ (4.94) $ 4.23 $ (0.71) 6.13% -1.10%

I then ran the @Risk simulation using 1000 iterations to create the following results table.

Output Name Minimum Maximum Mean Std Dev

Price at 6 Months $ 70.65 $ 78.09 $ 74.37 $ 1.16
Put Value $ (7.89) $ (0.63) $ (4.27) $ 1.13
P1 Value $ (0.07) $ 7.18 $ 3.56 $ 1.13
P2 Value $ (0.71) $ (0.71) $ (0.71) $ -
Portfolio 1 Return -0.11% 10.41% 5.16% 1.64%
Portfolio 2 Return -1.16% -1.03% -1.09% 0.02%