Question: Betty Manufacturing must decide whether to insource or outsource a new toxic - free miracle carpet cleaner that works with its Miracle Carpet Cleaning Machine.

Betty Manufacturing must decide whether to insource or outsource a new toxic-free miracle carpet cleaner that works with its Miracle Carpet Cleaning Machine. If it decides to insource the product, the process would incur $300,000 of annual fixed costs and $1.35 per unit of variable costs. If it is outsourced, a supplier has offered to make it for an annual fixed cost of $110,000 and a variable cost of $2.15 per unit in variable costs.
Betty Manufacturing was able to find a new supplier that would provide the item for $1.60 per unit with an annual fixed cost of $350,000. Should Betty Manufacturing insource or outsource the item? Given the expected demand is 340,000 units.

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