Question

The Southern Bell Company manufactures 2,000 telephones per year. The full manufacturing costs per telephone are as follows:

Direct materials $2
Direct labor 8
Variable manufacturing overhead 6
Average fixed manufacturing overhead 6
Total $22

The Illinois Bell Company has offered to sell Southern Bell Company 2,000 telephones at $15 per unit. If Southern Bell accepts the offer, $8,000 of fixed overhead will be eliminated. Southern Bell should:

a. Make the telephones, the savings is $2,000.
b. Buy the telephones, the savings is $10,000.
c. Buy the telephones, the savings is $12,000.
d. Make the telephones, the savings is $12,000

Answer 1

The company should buy the units because it will save $10,000.-

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

Make in-house:

Unitary variable cost= 2 + 8 + 6= $16

Avoidable fixed cost= $8,000

Buy:

Unitary cost= $15

First, we will determine the total cost of each option:

Make in house= 2,000*16 + 8,000= $40,000

Buy= 15*2,000= $30,000

The company should buy the units because it will save $10,000.-