Omron Electronics currently produces the shipping containers it uses to deliver the electronics products it sells. The
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Unit-level materials.........................$ 7,500
Unit-level labor.................................8,250
Unit-level overhead...........................5,250
Product-level costs*.........................13,500
Allocated facility-level costs.............$33,000
*One-third of these costs can be avoided by purchasing the containers.
Russo Container Company has offered to sell comparable containers to Omron for $3.00 each.
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a. Should Omron continue to make the containers? Support your answer with appropriate computations.
b. Omron could lease the space it currently uses in the manufacturing process. If leasing would produce $8,000 per month, would your answer to Requirement a be different? Explain.
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Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts
ISBN: 978-1259569197
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Authors: Thomas Edmonds, Christopher Edmonds, Bor Yi Tsay, Philip Olds
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