Question

Mobility Partners makes wheelchairs and other assistive devices. For years it has made the rear wheel assembly for its wheelchairs. A local bicycle manufacturing firm, Trailblazers, Inc., offered to sell these rear wheel assemblies to Mobility. If Mobility makes the assembly, its cost per rear wheel assembly is as follows (based on annual production of 1,800 units): Direct materials $ 33 Direct labor 99 Variable overhead 18 Fixed overhead 38 Total $ 188 Trailblazers has offered to sell the assembly to Mobility for $157 each. The total order would amount to 1,800 rear wheel assemblies per year, which Mobility's management will buy instead of make if Mobility can save at least $20,000 per year. Accepting Trailblazers's offer would eliminate annual fixed overhead of $35,550. Required: a. Prepare a schedule that shows the total differential costs. (Select option "higher" or "lower", keeping Status Quo as the base. Select "none" if there is no effect.)

Answer 1

Considering the allocate fixed cost, it would not be a good option.

It will generate a financial disadvantage of 22,950

Step-by-step explanation:

`\left[\begin{array}{cccc}&produce&buy&Differential\\Purchase&&282,600&-282,600\\Variable Cost&270,000&&270,000\\Fixed Cost&68,400&32,850&-35,550\\Total Cost&338,400&315,450&-22,950\\\end{array}\right]`

Fixed overhead; 38 x 1800 = 68,400

There is a portion of 35,550 fixed cost which is tracable to the real wheel assembly line thus, will be eliminated.

But 32,850 would not.

Considering this, it would not be a good option to stop the assembly line and purchase the component