Question: Prepare a make vs. buy incremental analysis for each possible course of action in an Excel worksheet. Your grade will be based on the correctness
| Prepare a make vs. buy incremental analysis for each possible course of action in an Excel worksheet. Your | |||||
| grade will be based on the correctness of your answers, as well as the use of Excel. That is, where possible, | |||||
| you should use formulas to get your answers, rather than keyed-in values. See your instructor for help with | |||||
| Excel basics if you need it. | |||||
| Below is cost data for Zoom's production of wheels, seats, and calipers. Outside suppliers have offered to | ||||||
| provide wheels for $7.33, seats for $7.83, and calipers for $2.53 per piece. Both wheels and seats are branded | ||||||
| with the Zoom logo, and that logo will need to be added at the Zoom factory at a cost of $0.50 each for any | ||||||
| of these components that are outsourced. For all three components, 75% of the fixed costs are avoidable, and | ||||||
| will be eliminated if the component's production is outsourced. In addition, seats and calipers are both | ||||||
| produced out of the same small factory space. If both seats and calipers were outsourced, Zoom could lease | ||||||
| the space out and increase net income by $18,000 per year, while eliminating all fixed costs for the two | ||||||
| components. | ||||||
| Wheels | Seats | Calipers | ||||
| Cost category | ||||||
| Direct materials | $141,500 | $54,000 | $89,000 | |||
| Direct labor | 93,500 | 72,000 | 43,000 | |||
| Variable overhead | 21,000 | 14,000 | 16,000 | |||
| Fixed overhead | 61,000 | 40,800 | 30,800 | |||
| Total cost | $317,000 | $180,800 | $178,800 | |||
| Units produced | 40,000 | 20,000 | 80,000 | |||
| Cost per unit | $7.93 | $9.04 | $2.24 | |||
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