The Genesis operations management team is now preparing to implement
the operating expansion plan. Previously, the firm’s cash position did
not pose a challenge. However, the planned foreign expansion requires
Genesis to have a reliable source of funds for both short-term and
long-term needs.

One of Genesis’s potential lenders tells the team that in
order to be considered as a viable customer, Genesis must prepare and
submit a monthly cash budget for the current year and a quarterly budget
for the subsequent year. The lender will review the cash budget and
determine whether or not Genesis can meet the loan repayment terms.
Genesis’s ability to repay the loan depends not only on sales and
expenses but also on how quickly the company can collect payment from
customers and how well it manages its supplier terms and other operating
expenses. The Genesis team members agreed that being fully prepared
with factual data would allow them to maximize their position as well as
negotiate favorable financing terms.

The Genesis management team held a brainstorming session to chart a plan of action, which is detailed here.

• Evaluate historical data and prepare assumptions that will drive the planning process.
• Produce a detailed cash budget that summarizes cash inflow, outflow, and financing needs.
• Identify and compare interest rates, both short-term and long-term, using debt and equity.
• Analyze the financing mix (short/long) and the cost associated with the recommendation.

Since this expansion is critical to Genesis Corporation
expanding into new overseas markets, the operations management team has
been asked to prepare an executive summary with supporting details for
Genesis’s senior executives.

Working over a weekend, the management team developed realistic assumptions to construct a working capital budget.

1. Sales: The marketing expert and the newly created
   customer service personnel developed sales projections based on
   historical data and forecast research
2. Other cash receipt: Rental income $15,000 per month
3. Production material: The production manager
   forecasted material cost based on cost quotes from reliable vendors, the
   average of which is 50 percent of sales
4. Other production cost: Based on historical cost
   data, this cost on an average is 30 percent of the material cost and
   occurs in the month after material purchase
5. Selling and marketing expense: Five percent of sales
6. General and administrative expense: Twenty percent of sales
7. Interest payments: $75, 000—Payable in December
8. Tax payments: $15,000—Quarterly due on 15th of April, July, October, and January
9. Minimum cash balance desired: $ 25,000 per month
10. Cash balance start of month (December): $15,000
11. Available short-term annual interest rate is 8
    percent, long-term debt rate is 9 percent, and long-term equity is 10
    percent. All funds would be available the first month when the firm
    encounters a deficit
12. Dividend payment: None

Based on this information, do the following:

1. Using the Cash Budget spreadsheet, calculate
detailed company cash budgets for the forthcoming and subsequent years.
Summarize the sources and uses of cash, and identify the external
financing needs for both the forthcoming and subsequent years.

1. In an executive-level report, summarize the
   company’s financing needs for the forecast period and provide your
   recommendations for financing the planned activities. Be sure to comment
   on the following:
   1. Your recommended financing solution and cost to
      the firm: If Genesis needs operating cash, how should it fund this need?
      Are there internal policy changes with regard to collections or
      payables management you would recommend? What types of external
      financing are available?
   2. Your concerns associated with the firm’s cash
      budget. Is this a sign of weak sales performance or poor cost control?
      Why or why not?

Write a 7-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

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