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  • September 1, 2017 at 5:42 am #404775
    adarsh1997
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    Hi John!

    A company wants to decide whether to make its materials in-house or whether to sub-contract production to an external supplier. In the past it has made four materials in-house, but demand in the next year will exceed in-house production capacity of 8,000 units. All four materials are made on the same machines and require the same machine time per unit: machine time is the limiting production factor.
    The following information is available.
    Material W X Y Z
    Units required 4,000 2,000 3,000 4,000
    Variable cost of in-house
    manufacture
    $8 per unit $12 per unit $9 per unit $10 per unit
    Directly attributable fixed
    cost expenditure
    $5,000 $8,000 $6,000 $7,000
    Cost of external purchase $9 per unit $18 per unit $12 per unit $12 per unit
    Directly attributable fixed costs are fixed cash expenditures that would be saved if production of the material in-house is stopped entirely.
    If a decision is made solely on the basis of short-term cost considerations, what materials should the company purchase externally?

    1. Th answer is 4,000 units of W and 4,000 units of Z.
    2. Could you help me how to deal with the attributable FC?

    September 1, 2017 at 6:40 am #404805
    John Moffat
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    Compare the extra cost of buying externally (so for X it is 9 – 8 = $1 per unit), with the saving of fixed costs if bought externally (which for X is $5,000).

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