Question

Troy Engines, Ltd., manufactures a variety of engines for use in heavy equipment. The company has always produced all of the necessary parts for its engines, including all of the carburetors. An outside supplier has offered to sell one type of carburetor to Troy Engines, Ltd., for a cost of $37 per unit. To evaluate this offer, Troy Engines, Ltd., has gathered the following information relating to its own cost of producing the carburetor internally:

	Per Unit				23,000 Units Per Year
Direct materials	$	16		$	368,000
Direct labor		9			207,000
Variable manufacturing overhead		4			92,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead, traceable		6	*		138,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead, allocated		9			207,000
Total cost	$	44		$	1,012,000

*One-third supervisory salaries; two-thirds depreciation of special equipment (no resale value).

Required:

1. Assuming the company has no alternative use for the facilities that are now being used to produce the carburetors, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 23,000 carburetors from the outside supplier?

2. Should the outside supplier’s offer be accepted?

3. Suppose that if the carburetors were purchased, Troy Engines, Ltd., could use the freed capacity to launch a new product. The segment margin of the new product would be $230,000 per year. Given this new assumption, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 23,000 carburetors from the outside supplier?

4. Given the new assumption in requirement 3, should the outside supplier’s offer be accepted?

Answer 1

Requirement 1:

Except the fixed manufacturing OH Allocated cost & depreciation on the special equipment. All other costs are to be considered as relevant costs & has to incur only if the product is produced.

Cost to produce the product = 16+9+4+2(6*1/3) = $ 31

Outside Supplier is ready to sell at $ 37 per unit

The financial disadvantage of buying from the outside supplier = 37-31 = 6 per unit = $ 138000(6*23000)

Requirement 2:

The offer should not be accepted by the company as it is resulting in the financial disadvantage to the company.

Requirement 3:

If the Freed Capacity is used to generate $ 230,000 per year.

Then there is a financial advantage of 230000-138000 = $ 92000

Requirement 4:

As there is a financial advantage of accepting. The outside supplier’s offer should be accepted.

answered by: anonymous