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Kimmel, Accounting, e Help I System Announcements Exercise 20-6 (Part Level Subm

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Kimmel, Accounting, e Help I System Announcements Exercise 20-6 (Part Level Submission) Jobs, Inc. has recently started the manufacture of Tri-Robo, smartphone. The cost structure to manufacture 19,400 Tri-Robos is as follows. a three-wheeled robot that can scan a home for fires and gas leaks and then transmit this information to a Direct materials ($49 per robot) Direct labor ($37 per robot) Variable overhead ($6 per robot) Allocated fixed overhead ($31 per robot) Cost $950,600 717,800 116,400 600,000 $2,384,800 Total obs is approached by Tienh Inc., which offers to make Tri-Robo for $112 per unit or $2,172,800. (a1) Assume that $405,000 of the fixed overhead cost can be avoided. (Enter negative amounts parenth…e.g. (45).) using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or Net Income Make Direct materials Direct labor 2

Explanation / Answer

1)

Make

Buy

Net Income Increase (Decrease)

Direct materials

950,600

950,600

Direct labor

717,800

717,800

Variable overhead

116,400

116,400

Fixed overhead

600,000

195,000

405,000

Purchase price

2,172,800

-2,172,800

Total annual cost

2,384,800

2,367,800

17,000

?

2) Should accept the offer

Working: Make cost is more thus buy it from outside

Make

Buy

Net Income Increase (Decrease)

Direct materials

950,600

950,600

Direct labor

717,800

717,800

Variable overhead

116,400

116,400

Fixed overhead

600,000

195,000

405,000

Purchase price

2,172,800

-2,172,800

Total annual cost

2,384,800

2,367,800

17,000