Question

Kemp Corporation manufactures a variety of parts for use in its product. The company has always produced all of the necessary parts for its product, including all of the electronic circuits. The company sells 18,000 units of its product per year. An outside supplier has offered to sell electronic circuits to the company for a cost of $40 per unit. To evaluate this offer, the company has gathered the following information relating to its own cost of producing the electronic circuits internally: Per Unit 18,000 Units per Year Direct materials $ 18 $ 324,000 Direct labor 9 162,000 Variable manufacturing overhead 2 36,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead, traceable 9 * 162,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead, allocated 12 216,000 Total cost $ 50 $ 900,000 *One-third supervisory salary; two-thirds depreciation of special equipment (no resale value). Suppose that if the electronic circuits were purchased, the division supervisor position could be eliminated. Fixed manufacturing overhead will be allocated to other products made by the company. Also, the company could use the freed production capacity to launch a new product. The segment margin of the new product would be $180,000 per year. Given this new assumption, how much would be the financial advantage of buying 18,000 electronic circuits from the outside supplier

Answer 1

financial advantage of purchasing from outside vendor = $36,000

Step-by-step explanation:

outside vendor offers 18,000 units at $40 per unit = $720,000

current production costs (for 18,000 units):

• Direct materials $324,000
• Direct labor $162,000
• Variable manufacturing overhead $36,000
• Fixed manufacturing overhead, traceable $162,000 ($54,000 avoidable)
• Fixed manufacturing overhead, allocated $216,000 (not avoidable)
• Total cost $900,000

total avoidable costs = $576,000

additional revenue generated by freed facilities = $180,000

financial advantage of purchasing from outside vendor = ($576,000 + $180,000) - $720,000 = $36,000