Question

Diehl Corporation manufactures a variety of parts for use in its product. The company has always produced all of the necessary parts for its product, including all of the electronic circuits. The company sells 16,000 units of its product per year. An outside supplier has offered to sell electronic circuits to the company for a cost of $35 per unit. To evaluate this offer, the company has gathered the following information relating to its own cost of producing the electronic circuits internally:
Per Unit 16,00 Unit per Year
Direct materials $16 $256,000
Direct labor 12 192,000
Variable manufacturing overhead 3 48,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead, traceable 3* 48,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead, allocated 6 96,000
Total cost $40 $640,000
One-third supervisory salary, two-thirds depreciation of special equipment (no resale value).
Suppose that if BuyorM-1509 purchases the electronic circuits, the division supervisor position could be eliminated. Fixed manufacturing overhead will be allocated to other products made by the company. Also, the company could use the freed production capacity to launch a new product. The segment margin of the new product would be $210,000 per year. How much would be the financial advantage of buying 21,000 electronic circuits from the outside supplier?
a. $80,000.
b. $132,000.
c. $112,000.
d. $96,000.

Answer 1

Answer: $112000

Explanation:

The financial advantage of buying 21,000 electronic circuits from the outside supplier will be:

Previous cost = $640000

Less: Purchases 16000×35 = $560000

Add: Additional benefit = $16000

Less: Fixed cost = $96000

Less: Depreciation = 2/3 × $48000 = $32000

Financial advantage = $112000