In: Accounting
Make-or-Buy Decision for a Service Company
The Theater Arts Guild of Dallas (TAG-D) employs five people in its Publication Department. These people lay out pages for pamphlets, brochures, magazines, and other publications for the TAG-D productions. The pages are delivered to an outside company for printing. The company is considering an outside publication service for the layout work. The outside service is quoting a price of $14 per layout page. The budget for the Publication Department for the current year is as follows:
Salaries | $240,200 |
Benefits | 54,600 |
Supplies | 29,100 |
Office expenses | 36,400 |
Office depreciation | 32,800 |
Computer depreciation | 21,800 |
Total | $414,900 |
The department expects to lay out 26,000 pages for the current year. The Publication Department office space and equipment would be used for future administrative needs, if the department's function were purchased from the outside.
a. Prepare a differential analysis dated February 22 to determine whether TAG-D should layout pages internally (Alternative 1) or purchase layout services from the outside (Alternative 2). If an amount is zero, enter "0". For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign.
Differential Analysis | |||
Lay out Pages Internally (Alt. 1) or Purchase Layout Services (Alt. 2) | |||
February 22 | |||
Lay out Pages Internally (Alternative 1) |
Purchase Lay out Services (Alternative 2) |
Differential Effect on Income (Alternative 2) |
|
Sales price | $ | $ | $ |
Costs: | |||
Purchase price of lay out work | $ | $ | $ |
Salaries | |||
Benefits | |||
Supplies | |||
Office expenses | |||
Office depreciation | |||
Computer depreciation | |||
Income (loss) | $ | $ | $ |
b. The benefit from using an outside service is shown to be than performing the layout work internally. The fixed costs (depreciation expenses) in the budget are to the decision. Thus, the work should purchased from the outside on a strictly financial basis.
c. Before electing to the five employees, the Guild should consider the of the decision.
Ans--- Differential Analysis
Lay out Pages Internally or Purchase layout services
Feb 22
Layout pages internally (Alternative 1) |
Purchase layout services (Alternative 2) |
Differential effect on income (Alternative 2) |
|
Sales Price | |||
Costs:- | |||
Purchase price of layout work |
-$364,000 (26,000*$14) |
-$364,000 (26,000*$14) |
|
Salaries | -$240,200 | $240,200 | |
Benefits | -$54,600 | $54,600 | |
Supplies | -$29,100 | $29,100 | |
Office expenses | -$36,400 | $36,400 | |
Office depreciation | -$32,800 | -$32,800 | $0 |
Computer depreciation | -$21,800 | -$21,800 | $0 |
Income (Loss) | $3,700 |
Therefore it can be concluded that income of TAG-D will increase by $3,700, if the company purchase layout services.
Ans-b- The benefit from using an outside service is shown to be greater than performing the layout work internally. The fixed costs (depreciation expenses) in the budget are relevent to the decision. Thus, the work should be purchased from the outside on a strictly financial basis.
Ans-c- Before electing to terminate the five employees, the guild should consider the long-run impact of the decision.