Question

Troy Engines, Ltd., manufactures a variety of engines for use in heavy equipment. The company has always produced all of the necessary parts for its engines, including all of the carburetors. An outside supplier has offered to sell one type of carburetor to Troy Engines, Ltd., for a cost of $36 per unit. To evaluate this offer, Troy Engines, Ltd., has gathered the following information relating to its own cost of producing the carburetor internally: 20,000 Units Per Unit Per Year $ 17 $ Direct materials 340,000 Direct labor 200,000 40,000 180,000 10 Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead, traceable Fixed manufacturing overhead, allocated 2 9* 12 240,000 $ 50 $1,000,000 Total cost *One-third supervisory salaries; two-thirds depreciation of special equipment (no resale value) Required: 1. Assuming the company has no alternative use for the facilities that are now being used to produce the carburetors, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 20,000 carburetors from the outside supplier? 2. Should the outside supplier's offer be accepted? 3. Suppose that if the carburetors were purchased, Troy Engines, Ltd., could use the freed capacity to launch a new product. The segment margin of the new product would be $200,000 per year. Given this new assumption, what would be financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 20,000 carburetors from the outside supplier? 4. Given the new assumption in requirement 3, should the outside supplier's offer be accepted?

Answer 1

1) Differential analysis

	Make	Buy
Direct material	340000
Direct labor	200000
variable manufacturing overhead	40000
Fixed manufacturing overhead (180000/3)	60000
Purchase cost (20000*36)		720000
Total relevant cost	640000	720000

Financial (disadvantage) = 640000-720000 = -80000

2) No

3) Differential analysis

	Make	Buy
Direct material	340000
Direct labor	200000
variable manufacturing overhead	40000
Fixed manufacturing overhead (180000/3)	60000
Opportunity Cost	200000
Purchase cost (20000*36)		720000
Total relevant cost	840000	720000

Financial advantage = 840000-720000 = 120000

4) Yes