145. Allzine Ltd currently buys 19 000 subcomponents from an outside supplier at $15 each. The company
Question:
145. Allzine Ltd currently buys 19 000 subcomponents from an outside supplier at $15 each. The
company has excess capacity, which it sublets to another company for $50 000 per year. If the
company were to use the idle capacity to produce the subcomponent internally, it would incur
variable production costs of $12 per unit and it would hire a new supervisor for $30 000 per year.
Other fixed overhead costs would not change, but the average overhead cost per subcomponent
unit would be $2. What is the advantage or disadvantage (in dollars) if Allzine makes the
subcomponent instead of continuing to buy outside and subletting the excess capacity?
a. $77 000 advantage
b. $15 000 disadvantage
*c. $23 000 advantage
d. $61 000 disadvantage
Processes Systems and Information An Introduction to MIS
ISBN: ?978-0133546750
2nd edition
Authors: Earl McKinney, David M. Kroenke