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Outsourcing decision affected by opportunity costsPace Electronics currently produces the...

Outsourcing decision affected by opportunity costs

Pace Electronics currently produces the shipping containers it uses to deliver the electronics products it sells. The monthly cost of producing 9,000 containers follows.

Unit-level materials

$ 6,000

Unit-level labor

6,600

Unit-level overhead

4,200

Product-level costs*

10,800

Allocated facility-level costs

26,400

*One-third of these costs can be avoided by purchasing the containers.

Ace Container Company has offered to sell comparable containers to Pace for $2.70 each.

Required

a.Should Pace continue to make the containers? Support your answer with appropriate computations.


b. Pace could lease the space it currently uses in the manufacturing process. If leasing would produce $10,800 per month, would your answer to Requirement a be different? Explain.

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