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A Company makes wheels which it uses in the production of children\'s wagons. Th

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Question

A Company makes wheels which it uses in the production of children's wagons. The Company's costs to produce 260,000 wheels annually are as follows:

Direct material $ 52,000
Direct labor 78,000
Variable manufacturing overhead 39,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead 79,000
Total $248,000

An outside supplier has offered to sell the company similar wheels for $0.80 per wheel. If the wheels are purchased from the outside supplier, $34,000 of annual fixed manufacturing overhead would be avoided and the facilities now being used to make the wheels would be rented to another company for $93,400 per year.

If the company chooses to buy the wheel from the outside supplier, then the change in annual net operating income is a: $52,000 incrase or $5,000 decrease or $70,600 increase or $88,400 increase

Explanation / Answer

Make Our Own:
Per Unit Costs:

DM: $52,000/260,000 = $0.20 per unit
DL: $78,000/260,000 = $0.30 per unit
VOH: $39,000/260,000 = $0.15 per unit

Total Per Unit Cost = $0.20 + $0.30 + $0.15 = $0.65 per unit

Total Manufacturing Cost = $248,000 (given)

Hire a Company to Make:

Total Per Unit Cost = $0.80

Total Variable Costs = $0.80 x 260,000 = $208,000

Savings on Fixed Overhead = ($34,000)
New Fixed Overhead = $79,000 - $34,000 = $45,000

Total Manufacturing Cost = $208,000 + $45,000 = $253,000
Money from Renting Facility = ($93,400) >>> "Negative" to show that it will reduce expenses

Total Mfg. Cost w/Rent Reduction = $159,600 ($253,000 - $93,400)

Solution:
Increase in Net Income = Old Total Cost - New Total Cost
Increase in Net Income = $248,000 - $159,600 = $88,400

It is cheaper to have another company make the product and rent the facility out.

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