Hartley's Meat Pies is considering replacing its existing delivery van with a new one. The new van can offer considerable savings in operating costs. Information about the existing van and the new van follow: Existing van New van Original cost $ 50 comma 000 $ 99 comma 000 Annual operating cost $ 21 comma 500 $ 12 comma 000 Accumulated depreciation $ 32 comma 000 long dash Current salvage value of the existing van $ 22 comma 500 long dash Remaining life 8 years 8 years Salvage value in 8 years $ 0 $ 0 Annual depreciation $ 2 comma 250 $ 12 comma 375 If Hartley's Meat Pies replaces the existing delivery van with the new one, over the next 8 years operating income will .

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?