Question

Exercise 7-7 (Part Level Submission) Riggs Company purchases sails and produces sailboats. It currently produces 1,290 sailboats per year, operating at normal capacity, which is about 80% of full capacity. Riggs purchases sails at $273 each, but the company is considering using the excess capacity to manufacture the sails instead. The manufacturing cost per sail would be $91.59 for direct materials, $85.99 for direct labor, and $90 for overhead. The $90 overhead includes $78,100 of annual fixed overhead that is allocated using normal capacity. The president of Riggs has come to you for advice. “It would cost me $267.58 to make the sails,” she says, “but only $273 to buy them. Should I continue buying them, or have I missed something?”

Answer 1