3. Manufacturing vs. Outsourcing: Your company must decide whether to manufacture a part in-house or outsource it. Manufacturing it in-house costs $150 per unit with a fixed cost of $80,000. Outsourcing it to a supplier in China costs $250 per unit. Build a model to determine the best option at every level of output your company produces.

An operations manager is deciding on the level of automation for a new process.  The fixed cost for automation includes the equipment purchase price, installation, and initial spare parts.  The variable costs per unit for each level of automation are primarily labor related.  Each unit can be sold for $81.  As in many cases, you have the default alternative of doing nothing ($0 fixed cost, $0 variable costs). Hint: For these questions, also consider the “Do Nothing” option as a viable option when making your decision. Alternative Fixed Costs Variable Costs per Unit A $100,000 $54 B $272,000 $31 C $560,000 $20 Recommended: graph each alternative with units on the x-axis and $ on the y-axis.  Also, include revenue on the chart.  Identify the break-even points and points of indifference.

Diversity Ltd. produces and sells a product called Star. The company is currently selling 9,560 units of the product which represent £143,400. Total fixed costs equal £66,920 and total contribution equals £66,920.   Required: Considering this information, is Diversity Ltd. selling a profitable amount of its product Star and which would be your advice for the company? Which is the price per unit at which Diversity Ltd. is selling its product? Explain your answer in detail. Consider that, after an increase in the market demand of product Star, Diversity Ltd. sells 25% more units of product Star. In this new situation, is Diversity Ltd. selling a profitable amount of its product Star? Explain your answer in detail. Draw a graph related to your previous answers in a) and b). Consider the information from the graph, which would be the financial situation of Diversity Ltd. if sales decrease in more than 25%?

Columbus Inc. sells a high end hair dryer in a super competitive marketplace. As a result, market research and competitive pressures influence the determination of their selling price. Their marketing department has done a comprehensive analysis and It looks like a price of $61 would be appropriate given the present business environment. The company has a goal of earning $30 on each unit. What is the target unit cost of each hair dryer? Enter your answers without dollar signs or commas. ASUS 13 f4 E3 X 19 OLF 11 (12 3. & 4. 5 7. 8. E T. Y. F G H K t6 立