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(Make-or-Buy) Swan Manufacturing needed to determine if it would be cheaper to make 20,000 units of a component, which is used in production of an equipment, in-house or to purchase them from an outside supplier for $4.00 each. Cost information on internal production includes the following (for 20,000 units per month):
Total cost | Unit Cost | |
Direct Materials | 34.000 | 1.7 |
Direct Labor | 24.000 | 1.2 |
VAriable Overhead | 12.000 | 0.6 |
Fixed Overhead | 50.000 | 2.5 |
total | 120.000 dollars | 6 dollars |
Fixed overhead will continue whether this component is produced
internally or purchased from a supplier. No additional costs of
purchasing will be incurred beyond the purchase price.
Required:
1. What are the alternatives for Swan Manufacturing?
2. List the relevant cost(s) of internal production and of external
purchase.
3. Which alternative is more cost effective and by how much?
4. Now assume that the fixed overhead includes $15,000 of cost that
can be avoided if the component is purchased externally. Which
alternative is more cost effective and by how much?