Question

The Doright Door Company is considering outsourcing production of its door to Mexico. Use the weighted scoring method to evaluate the costs and risks of the offshore supplier, Perfect Door Company (Puertas Perfectos). The Mexican company has quoted a price of $83.00 for a standard door in order quantities of 5000 units that will fill demand for a year. The doors can be transported in a semi that holds 250 doors and costs $825 to make the trip from Mexico to the Doright warehouse. It will cost $5,000 to send engineers to prequalify the plant and $1,000 to negotiate and administer the contract. The inventory is carried for an average of 6 months during the year with a 20 percent carrying charge. The company has been producing the doors for $119 in the U.S. The weights and ratings for the order are as follows.

Answer 1

Answer:

(A) Mexican supplier cost = $445,800 or $89.16 average cost.

In-house cost = $714,000 or $142.8

(B) Mexican supplier total weighted score = 0.265 or 22.43%

In-house supplier weighted score= 0.238 or 23.8%

(C) Yes, explaination below

Explanation:

Mexican Supplier cost breakdown:

Quota price $83 X 5000 = $415, 000

Transport cost

1. to transport 5000 doors would require making a total of 20 trips from Mexico to USA (5000/250 doors)

2. at a cost of $825 per trip, total cost to transport doors is = $16,500.

Sending Engineers costs and Negotiation cost =

$5000 + $1000

(Transport+Sending Engineers cost) =

$22,500

Inventory carrying cost= 20% of cost of storing the goods. (total of all other cost) 20% x 22500 = $8300

Total cost = $445,800 or $89.16 average cost.

Total weighted score average:

Using the formula;

Weight= score x rating

Score = Weight/rating (making score subject of the formula)

Mexican Weighted

score1= 16%/3 = 0.0533, + 0.12 score2, + 0.035 + score3, + 0.056 + score4. = 0.265.

American weighted score

Using same formula;

0.04 score1, + 0.15 score2, + 0.014 score3, + 0.034 score 4 = 0.238.

The company should outsource the product. Why? because it will reduce total cost of doors, making them cheaper for if they do so, resulting in higher profit.