1 Mohave Corporation is considering outsourcing production of the umbrella tote bag included with some of its products. The company has received a bid from a supplier in Vietnam to produce 8,700 units per year for $10.00 each. Mohave the following information about the cost of producing tote bags: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead Total cost per unit $ 6.00 2.00 1.00 1.50 $ 10.50 Mohave determined all variable costs could be eliminated by outsourcing the tote bags, while 70 percent of the fixed overhead cost is unavoidable. At this time, Mohave has no specific use in mind for the space currently dedicated to producing the tote bags. Required: 1. Compute the difference in cost between making and buying the umbrella tote bag. 2. Based strictly on the incremental analysis, should Mohave buy the tote bags or continue to make them? 3-a. Suppose the space Mohave currently uses to make the bags could be utilized by a new product line that would generate $12,000 in annual profits. Récompute the difference in cost between making and buying the umbrella tote bag. 3-b. Does this change your recommendation to Mohave?

Differential Analysis for Further Processing The management of International Aluminum Co. is considering whether to process aluminum ingot further into rolled aluminum. Rolled aluminum can be sold for $2,300 per ton, and ingot can be sold without further processing for $1,150 per ton. Ingot is produced in batches of 88 tons by smelting 550 tons of bauxite, which costs $110 per ton of bauxite. Rolled aluminum will require additional processing costs of $650 per ton of ingot, and 1.25 tons of ingot will produce 1 ton of rolled aluminum. Required: 1. Prepare a differential analysis as of February 5 to determine whether to sell aluminum ingot (Alternative 1) or process further into rolled aluminum (Alternative 2), If required, do not round interim calculations. If required, use a minus sign to indicate a loss. Differential Analysis Sell Ingot (Alt. 1) or Process Further into Rolled Aluminum (Alt. 2) February 5 Revenues, per batch Costs, per batch Profit (loss), per batch Sell Ingot…

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