Question: Question A TOTAL COST ANALYSIS FOR OUTSOURCING DECISION A clothing manufacturer can produce dress shirts in its Houston plant for $8 per shirt (including the

Question A TOTAL COST ANALYSIS FOR OUTSOURCING
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TOTAL COST ANALYSIS FOR OUTSOURCING DECISION A clothing manufacturer can produce dress shirts in its Houston plant for $8 per shirt (including the cost of raw materials). Chicago is a major market for 100,000 shirts per year. The shirt is priced at $15 at Houston. Transportation and storage charges from Houston to Chicago amount to $5 per cwt. Each packaged shirt weighs 1 lb. Alternatively, the company can have the shirts produced in Taiwan for $4 per shirt (including the cost of raw materials). The raw materials, weighing about 11b. per shirt would be shipped from Houston to Taiwan at a cost of $2 per cwt. The shirts are then shipped directly to Chicago at a transportation and storage cost of S6 per cwt. The manufacturer pays an import duty of $0.50 per shirt. a) From a supply chain cost standpoint where should the shirts be produced

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