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MAKE AND BUY

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  • December 20, 2021 at 9:14 am #644582
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    In chapter 9 eg 3 on make and buy decisions.

    Since the variable cost of making the product is less than purchasing them from outside we would see the saving cost of making them internally on a per kg basis to see how much cost we saved per kg by making them.

    Products—————————X——-Y——–Z
    Variable cost to make———10——12——14
    Buy-in price———————-13——17——16
    saving cost by making———3——–5——–2
    kilo per unit———————–3——–2——–1
    saving cost by kg————–$1—–$2.5——$2
    Ranking—————————3——–1———2

    However, if the variable cost of making the product is more than purchasing them from outside we would see the saving cost of purchasing from outside on a per kg basis to see how much cost we saved per kg by purchasing them.

    Products—————————X——-Y——–Z
    Variable cost to make———20——18——15
    Buy-in price———————-15——10——-9
    saving cost by purchase——5——–8——–6
    kilo per unit———————–2——–3——–1
    saving cost by kg————-$2.5—-$2.6—–$6
    Ranking—————————3——–2———1

    Is that correct? we can do it both ways depending which way we save more cost?

    December 20, 2021 at 2:51 pm #644612
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    Yes, you can do it either way in principle, but your second example is too extreme because they would not make any in-house but would buy them all externally!!

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