Han Products manufactures 30,000 units of part S-6 each year for use on its production line. At

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Han Products manufactures 30,000 units of part S-6 each year for use on its production line. At this level of activity, the cost per unit for part S-6 is:

Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3.60
Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Variable manufacturing overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2.40
Fixed manufacturing overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.00
Total cost per part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $ 25.00

An outside supplier has offered to sell 30,000 units of part S-6 each year to Han Products for $21 per part. If Han Products accepts this offer, the facilities now being used to manufacture part S-6 could be rented to another company at an annual rental of $80,000. However, Han Products has determined that two-thirds of the fixed manufacturing overhead being applied to part S-6 would continue even if part S-6 were purchased from the outside supplier.


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What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the outside supplier’s offer?

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Authors: Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen, Peter Brewer

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