Question: Using Excel, Chart possible outcomes to reflect a visualization and breakeven point of the analysis. 7. Stones Throw Hospital has a large demand for occupational

Using Excel, Chart possible outcomes to reflect a visualization and breakeven point of the analysis.

7. Stones Throw Hospital has a large demand for occupational therapists. The annual demand requires that the therapist see 20 patients a week for 48 weeks a year to keep up with the demand. The human resources manager has determined that they could hire a therapist that would make $200 for each therapy given to each patient. Furthermore, the hospital would have to generate a benefits package that would cost them $50,000 to hire the therapist. The HR manager also knows that she can work with a local contracting therapy company that would provide therapy for the demand of patients for $250/each patient, plus a contract/administration fee for $5,000.

A) What is the total cost to contract the therapy from a local company?

B) What is the total cost to provide in-house therapy?

C) What is your decision make or buy? Why?

D) Using Excel, Chart possible outcomes to reflect a visualization and breakeven point of the analysis.

This is what I have so far (Not sure if the values I entered are correct):

Using Excel, Chart possible outcomes to reflect a

Hire In-House $50,000 Contract Therapist Fixed Cost $50,000 Unit Cost $250 Total Cost $50,000 Step 2. Objective Function Manufactured Total Cost = ManufactureFixedCost+ManufactureUnitCost*Q $50,000 Step 1. Primary Variables: Range Name Cell ManufactureFixedCost D2 Manufacture TotalCost D4 ManufactureUnitCost D3 PurchaseFixedCost B2 Purchase TotalCost B4 PurchaseUnitCost B3 Q C6 annual demand (Q) Step 2. Objective Function Purchased Total Cost = =PurchaseFixedCost+PurchaseUnitCost*Q 48 Weeks 20 patients/week

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