A company needs 10,000 units of a component used in producing one of its products. The latest internal accounting reports show that the per unit manufacturing cost to be $150.00, variable manufacturing costs of $110.00 and fixed manufacturing cost of $40. The company recently received an offer from another manufacturer to produce the component for $144.00. If it buys the component on the outside 40% of the fixed manufacturing cost can be avoided.
a. If the company buys the component from the outside supplier at $144.00, what is the impact on income?
b. What price would make the company indifferent between making the component internally and having the outside supplier make it?
a. $18,000 ($18.00 per unit more costly to buy on the outside × 10,000 units)
b. $126.00
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