Question

Mighty Safe Fire Alarm is currently buying 60,000 motherboards from MotherBoard, Inc., at a price of $65 per board. Mighty Safe is considering making its own boards. The costs to make the board are as follows: direct materials, $28 per unit; direct labor, $8 per unit; and variable factory overhead, $17 per unit. Fixed costs for the plant would increase by $76,000. Which option should be selected and why

Answer 1

It is cheaper to make the units in-house.

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

Buy:

Purchase price= $65

Make:

Direct materials= $28 per unit

Direct labor= $8 per unit

Variable factory overhead= $17 per unit.

Fixed costs for the plant would increase by $76,000.

We need to calculate the total cost for each option. The best option is the one with lower total costs:

Buy:

Total cost= 60,000*65= $3,900,000

Make:

Total cost= 60,000*(28 + 8 + 17) + 76,000

Total cost= 3,180,000 + 76,000

Total cost= $3,256,000

It is cheaper to make the units in-house.