Reference no: EM132517618
We ought to stop making our own drums and accept that outside supplier's offer," said Wim Niewindt, managing director of Antilles Refining, N.V., of Aruba. "At a price of $18 per drum, we would be paying $5 less than it costs us to manufacture the drums in our own plant. Since we use 60,000 drums a year, that would be an annual cost savings of $300,000." Antilles Refining's current cost to manufacture one drum is given below (based on 60,000 drums per year):
Cost per Drum
Direct materials$10.35
Direct labour 6.00
Variable overhead 1.50
Fixed overhead ($2.80 general company overhead, $1.60 depreciation and $0.75 supervision) 5.15
Total cost per drum$23.00
A decision about whether to make or buy the drums is especially important at this time because the equipment being used to make the drums is completely worn out and must be replaced. The choices facing the company are:
Alternative 1: Rent new equipment and continue to make the drums. The equipment would be rented for $135,000 per year.
Alternative 2: Purchase the drums from an outside supplier at $18 per drum.
- The new equipment would be more efficient than the equipment that Antilles Refining has been using and, according to the manufacturer, would reduce direct labour and variable overhead costs by 30%. The old equipment has no resale value. Supervision cost ($45,000 per year) and direct materials cost per drum would not be affected by the new equipment. The new equipment's capacity would be 90,000 drums per year.
The company's total general company overhead would be unaffected by this decision. (Round all intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)
Required:
1. To assist the managing director in making a decision, an analysis showing the total cost and the cost per drum for each of the two alternatives given above. Assume that 60,000 drums are needed each year.
Question a. What will be the total relevant cost of 60,000 drums if they are manufactured internally as compared to being purchased?
Question b. What would be the per unit cost of each drum manufactured internally? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Question c. Which course of action would you recommend to the managing director?
Purchase from the outside supplier
Manufacture internally
Indifferent between the two alternatives
Question a-1. What will be the total relevant cost of 75,000 drums if they are manufactured internally?
Question a-2. What would be the per unit cost of drums?
(Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
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