Should the company make or buy the timers

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Lijia Inc. (the company) manufactures appliances. One of their divisions manufactures a timer which are used in several of their appliances. They produce 32,000 timers annually. The cost per unit for the timer is as follows:

Description               Cost

Direct materials       9.00

Direct labour           3.00

Variable overhead    2.25

Fixed overhead       5.25

Total cost           19.50

  • Of the total fixed overhead assigned to the timers, $64,000 is directly traceable to the production of the timer.
  • The remaining fixed overhead costs are common fixed overhead and therefore unavoidable.
  • An outside supplier has offered to sell the timers to Lijia Inc. for $16.50 per unit.

Required:

Problem 1: Analyze the above information and determine if the company should make or buy the timers.

Problem 2: If there was no other alternative use for the facilities that is currently used to produce the timers, should the company make or buy the timers?

Problem 3: What are the most that the company would be willing to pay an outside supplier for a one-timer?

Problem 4: If the company buys the timers, would their operating income increase, decrease, or stay the same?

Problem 5: If the company buys all of their timers, by how much would their operating income change?

Problem 6: If the company could rent out the space that is currently used to produce the timers for $22,000 per year, should the company make or buy the timers?

Problem 7: If the company buys the timers and then rents out the space that is currently used to produce the timers for $22,000 per year, by how much would their operating income change?

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