Kraken Limited needs two new machines, machine X and machine Y. You are provided with the following information: Cost to purchase Cost to produce in-house: Labour Materials (to be purchases) Variable Overheads Fixed Overhead Machine X Machine Y 50,000 40,000 10,000 16,000 22,000 19,000 12,000 14,000 20,000 7,000 The labour cost relates to the salaries of the company's engineers who will be employed whether or not these machines are purchased or made in-house. However due to a fall in demand in recent months, if not working on these projects these workers would be idle. Which is the best option, on a cost basis, for Kraken Limited: Purchase Machine Y and make Machine X Purchase Machine X and make Machine Y Purchase both machines O Make both machines in-house

Kraken Limited needs two new machines, machine X and machine Y. You are provided with the following information: Cost to purchase Cost to produce in-house: Labour Materials (to be purchases) Variable Overheads Fixed Overhead Machine X Machine Y 50,000 40,000 10,000 16,000 22,000 19,000 12,000 14,000 20,000 7,000 The labour cost relates to the salaries of the company's engineers who will be employed whether or not these machines are purchased or made in-house. However due to a fall in demand in recent months, if not working on these projects these workers would be idle. Which is the best option, on a cost basis, for Kraken Limited: Purchase Machine Y and make Machine X Purchase Machine X and make Machine Y Purchase both machines O Make both machines in-house

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Chapter5: Process Costing

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