Office Expert Inc. produces a component which is required for manufacturing many of its appliances. The monthly production data for the component are as follows: Monthly Production Data for Component Production Data Amounts Number of units produced 2,500 units Variable costs per unit $10 per unit Total monthly fixed costs (allocated) $18,000 The company received an offer from a foreign supplier to purchase the component for $15 per unit. The monthly fixed costs are unavoidable. However, if Office Expert decides to purchase the component, they can use the freed manufacturing space to earn an additional revenue of $20,000 per month. If Office Expert decides to purchase from the foreign supplier, monthly operating income would – Group of answer choices Decrease by $24,000 Increase by $7,500 Increase by $25,500 Decrease by $12,500

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Adams Electronics currently produces the shipping containers it uses to deliver the electronics products it sells. The monthly cost of producing 9,300 containers follows. Unit-level materials Unit-level labor Unit-level overhead Product-level costs* Allocated facility-level costs $5,900 6,200 3,500 *One-third of these costs can be avoided by purchasing the containers. Russo Container Company has offered to sell comparable containers to Adams for $2.60 each. Required X Answer is complete but not entirely correct. $ 19,300 Yes $ 24,180 X No 11,100 26,900 a. Calculate the total relevant cost. Should Adams continue to make the containers? b. Adams could lease the space it currently uses in the manufacturing process. If leasing would produce $11,800 per month, calculate the total avoidable costs. Should Adams continue to make the containers? a. Total relevant cost a. Should Adams continue to make the containers? b. Total avoidable cost b. Should Adams continue to make the containers?

Campbell Electronics currently produces the shipping containers it uses to deliver the electronics products it sells. The monthly cost of producing 9,200 containers follows. Unit-level materials Unit-level labor Unit-level overhead Product-level costs* Allocated facility-level costs $ 6,900 6,400 4,100 9,600 26,600 *One-third of these costs can be avoided by purchasing the containers. Russo Container Company has offered to sell comparable containers to Campbell for $2.80 each. Required a. Calculate the total relevant cost. Should Campbell continue to make the containers? b. Campbell could lease the space it currently uses in the manufacturing process. If leasing would produce $12,800 per month, calculate the total avoidable costs. Should Campbell continue to make the containers? a. Total relevant cost Should Campbell continue to make the containers? b. Total avoidable cost Should Campbell continue to make the containers?

Baird Electronics currently produces the shipping containers it uses to deliver the electronics products it sells. The monthly cost of producing 9,100 containers follows. $ 6,500 6,400 4,100 9,600 27,900 Unit-level materials Unit-level labor Unit-level overhead Product-level costs* Allocated facility-level costs *One-third of these costs can be avoided by purchasing the containers. Russo Container Company has offered to sell comparable containers to Baird for $2.60 each. Required a. Calculate the total relevant cost. Should Baird continue to make the containers? b. Baird could lease the space it currently uses in the manufacturing process. If leasing would produce $11,200 per month, calculate the total avoidable costs. Should Baird continue to make the containers? a. Total relevant cost Should Baird continue to make the containers? b. Total avoidable cost Should Baird continue to make the containers?

Sardi Inc. is considering whether to continue to make a component or to buy it from an outside supplier. The company uses 13,100 of the components each year. The unit product cost of the component according to the company's cost accounting system is given as follows:       Direct materials $ 8.90   Direct labor   5.90   Variable manufacturing overhead   1.70   Fixed manufacturing overhead   3.70   Unit product cost $ 20.20       Assume that direct labor is a variable cost. Of the fixed manufacturing overhead, 20% is avoidable if the component were bought from the outside supplier. In addition, making the component uses 2 minutes on the machine that is the company's current constraint. If the component were bought, time would be freed up for use on another product that requires 4 minutes on this machine and that has a contribution margin of $5.30 per unit. When deciding whether to make or buy the component, what cost of making the component should be compared to the…

AlphaBrona Industries manufactures 50,000 components per year. The manufacturing cost of the components was determined as follows: ​ Direct materials      $ 80,000 Direct labor       100,000 Variable overhead         30,000 Fixed overhead         60,000 Total    $270,000 ​ An outside supplier has offered to sell the component to AlphaBrona for $10 per unit. Fixed costs will remain the same if the component is purchased from an outside supplier. What will be the effect on income if AlphaBrona Industries purchases the component from the outside supplier? a. $290,000 decrease b. $290,000 increase c. $45,000 decrease d. $45,000 increase

Ahrends Corporation makes 70,000 units per year of a part it uses in the products it manufactures. The unit product cost of this part is computed as follows: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead. Fixed manufacturing overhead Unit product cost $ 17.80 19.00 1.00 17.10 $ 54.90 An outside supplier has offered to sell the company all of these parts it needs for $48.50 a unit. If the company accepts this offer, the facilities now being used to make the part could be used to make more units of a product that is in high demand. The additional contribution margin on this other product would be $273,000 per year. If the part were purchased from the outside supplier, all of the direct labor cost of the part would be avoided. However, $8.20 of the fixed manufacturing overhead cost being applied to the part would continue even if the part were purchased from the outside supplier. This fixed manufacturing overhead cost would be applied to the company's remaining products.…

Rutro Corp. makes 59,000 units per year of a part it uses in the products it manufactures. The unit product cost of this part is computed as follows:Direct material                                    $21.00  Direct labor                                           23.00 Variable manufacturing overhead           8.00 Fixed manufacturing overhead             30.00Unit product cost                                $82.00 An outside supplier has offered to sell the company all of the 59,000 parts it needs for $75.00 a unit. If the company accepts this offer, the facilities now being used to make the part could be used to make more units of another product that is in high demand. The additional contribution margin on this other product would be $310,000 per year. If the part were purchased from the outside supplier, all of the direct labor cost of the part would be avoided. However, 64% of the fixed manufacturing overhead cost being applied to the part would continue even if the part were…

Rooney Electronics currently produces the shipping containers it uses to deliver the electronics products it sells. The monthly cost of producing 9,100 containers follows. Unit-level materials Unit-level labor Unit-level overhead Product-level costs* $ 5,200 6,500 3,600 9,300 26,600 Allocated facility-level costs *One-third of these costs can be avoided by purchasing the containers. Russo Container Company has offered to sell comparable containers to Rooney for $2.70 each. Required a. Calculate the total relevant cost. Should Rooney continue to make the containers? b. Rooney could lease the space it currently uses in the manufacturing process. If leasing would produce $11,500 per month, calculate the total avoidable costs. Should Rooney continue to make the containers? a. Total relevant cost Should Rooney continue to make the containers? b. Total avoidable cost Should Rooney continue to make the containers?