Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
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Author: David Marshall, Wayne William McManus, Daniel Viele
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 16.3ME
Mini-Exercise 16.3
LO 2. 3
The make or buy decision In addition to the product cost information for Lakeside, Inc., in Mini-Exercise 16.1, product engineering has determined that a certain part of the product conversion process could he outsourced. Raw material costs would not be affected, but direct labor and variable
Required:
Should Lakeside outsource part of the conversion process at a cost of $4 per unit?
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Q) Spark Ltd has two divisions, assembly and electrical. The assembly division transfers partially completed components to the electrical division at predetermined transfer price. The assembly division’s standard variable production cost per unit is $550. This division has spare capacity, and it could sell all its components to outside buyers at $680 per unit in a perfectly competitive market.
Requirement:
Explain how negotiation between the supplying and buying units may be used to set transfer prices. How does this relate to the general transfer pricing rule? (Max 200 words)
Ql:
The costs listed below relate to a variety of different decision situations.
Cost
Unavoidable fixed overhead
Decision
1
Eliminate an unprofitable segment
2
Direct labor
Make or buy
Equipment replacement
Sell or process further
Accepting a special order
3
Original cost of old equipment
Joint production costs
Opportunity cost
4
5
Segment manager's salary
Cost of new equipment
Incremental production costs
Eliminate an unprofitable segment
(manager will be terminated)
Equipment replacement
Sell or process further
6
7
8
Equipment replacement (the amount
of materials required does not
change)
Purchase or lease a building
9
Direct materials
10
Rent expense
Instructions
For each cost listed above, indicate if it is relevant or not to the related decision. For those
costs determined to be irrelevant, briefly explain why
Exercise 6-13A (Algo) Outsourcing decision affected by opportunity costs LO 6-3
Rooney 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
$ 5,100
6,700
3,400
8,700
27,500
*One-third of these costs can be avoided by purchasing the containers.
Russo Container Company has offered to sell comparable containers to Rooney for $2.50 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 $12,300 per month, calculate
the total avoidable costs. Should Rooney continue to make the containers?
a. Total relevant cost
a. Should Rooney continue to make the containers?
b. Total avoidable cost
Yes
b. Should Rooney continue to make the…
Chapter 16 Solutions
Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.1MECh. 16 - Prob. 16.2MECh. 16 - Mini-Exercise 16.3 LO 2. 3 The make or buy...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.4MECh. 16 - Mini-Exercise 16.5 LO 7 Net present ratio and IRR...Ch. 16 - Mini-Exercise 16.6 LO 9. 10 Payback period and...Ch. 16 - Exercise 16.7 LO 1 Application of cost terminology...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.8ECh. 16 - Exercise 16.9 LO 2, 3 Sell or process further?...Ch. 16 - Exercise 16.10 LO 2. 3 Sell or process further?...
Ch. 16 - Exercise 16.11
LO 2 , 3
Accept special sales...Ch. 16 - Exercise 16.12
LO 2, 3
Accept special sales order?...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.13ECh. 16 - Exercise 16.14
LO 2, 3
Target costing Rainbow...Ch. 16 - Exercise 16.15
LO 2. 3
The make or buy decision...Ch. 16 - Exercise 16.16
LO 2, 3
The make or buy decision...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.17ECh. 16 - Prob. 16.18ECh. 16 - Prob. 16.19ECh. 16 - Prob. 16.20ECh. 16 - Prob. 16.21ECh. 16 - Prob. 16.22ECh. 16 - Prob. 16.23ECh. 16 - Prob. 16.24ECh. 16 - Prob. 16.25ECh. 16 - Prob. 16.26ECh. 16 - Prob. 16.27PCh. 16 - Problem 16.28 LO 2, 3 Relevant costs, special...Ch. 16 - Problem 16.29 LO 2, 3 Continue or discontinue a...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.30PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.31PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.32PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.33PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.34PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.35PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.36PCh. 16 - Prob. 16.38CCh. 16 - Capital budget expenditure analysis: Internet...
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