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First-year savings
The seafood distributor’s first-year
savings is calculated by subtracting
the initial investment in purchasing a
fleet of 20,000 reusable plastic totes
($120,000) and a reusable plastic
tote washer and sanitizer ($50,000)
from annual savings:
Second-year savings
and beyond
During the second year and beyond,
annual savings for the seafood
distributor will be $462,000:
Initial investment =
20,000 totes
Washer and sanitizer
First-year savings =
Annual savings minus
Initial investment
During the first year of reusable transport packaging,
the seafood distributor saves $292,000.
Annual savings =
Total one-time-use annual cost minus
Total reusable annual cost
Return on investment =
Initial investment
Annual savings
The seafood distributor’s return on the initial expenditures
for the reusable plastic tote system occurred in 0.37 years,
or just over four months:
$120,000
+$ 50,000
$170,000
$462,000
–$170,000
$292,000
$580,000
– $118,000
$462,000
$170,000
÷$462,000
0.37 years
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