Troy Engines, Ltd., manufactures a variety of engines for use in heavy equipment

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Troy Engines, Ltd., manufactures a variety of engines for use in heavy equipment. The company has always produced all of the necessary parts for its engines, including all of the carburetors. An outside supplier has offered to sell one type of carburetor to Troy Engines, Ltd., for a cost of S33 per unit. To evaluate this offer, Troy Engines, Ltd., has gathered the following information relating to its own cost of producing the carburetor intermally Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead, traceable Fixed manufacturing overhead, allocated 14,100 Per Units Unit Per Year $ 9 $126,900 11 155,100 1 14,100 9* 126,900 13 183,300 Total cost 43 $606,300 40% supervisory salaries: 60% depreciation of special equipment (no resale value). Required: 1a. Assuming that the company has no alternative use for the facilities that are now being used to produce the carburetors, compute the total cost of making and buying the parts. (Round your Fixed manufacturing overhead per unit rate to 2 decimals.) Make Buy Total relevant cost (14,100 units) 1b. Should the outside supplier's offer be accepted? Accept Reject 2a. Suppose that if the carburetors were purchased, Troy Engines, Ltd., could use the freed capacity to launch a new product. The segment margin of the new product would be $135,440 per year. Compute the total cost of making and buying the parts. (Round your Fixed manufacturing overhead per unit rate to 2 decimals.) Make Buy Total relevant cost (14,100 units)

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1a ) Differential analysis :

1b) Reject, outside supplier should be reject

1a ) Differential analysis :

2b) yes, outside supplier should be accepted the offer

Maka Buy Direct material 126900 Direct labour 155100 Variable manufacturing overhead 14100 Fixed manufacturing overhead (126900*40%) 50760 Purchase cost (14100*33) 465300 Total relevant cost 346860 465300

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