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Part A: Make or buy Kirsten Corporation makes 100,000 units per year of a part called a B345 gasket for use in one of its products. Data concerning the unit production costs of the B345 gasket follow: An outside supplier has offered to sell Kirsten Corporation all of the B345 gaskets it requires. If Kirsten Corporation decided to discontinue making the B 345 gaskets, 25% of the above fixed manufacturing overhead costs could be avoided. Assume that direct labor is a variable cost. Required: 1. Assume Kirsten Corporation has no alternative use for the facilities presently devoted to production of the B345 gaskets. If the outside supplier offers to sell the gaskets for $0.46 each, should Kirsten Corporation accept the offer? Fully support your answer with appropriate calculations. (6 marks) 2. Assume that Kirsten Corporation could use the facilities presently devoted to production of the B345 gaskets to expand production of another product that would yield an additional contribution margin of $10,000 annually. What is the maximum price Kirsten Corporation should be willing to pay the outside supplier for B345 gaskets? (4 marks) Part B: Resource constraint Glover Company makes three products in a single facility. These products have the following unit product costs: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead Unit product cost Additional data concerning these products are listed below. The mixing machines are potentially the constraint in the production facility. A total of 10,900 minutes is available per month on these machines. Direct labor is a variable cost in this company. Required: 1. How many minutes of mixing machine time would be required to satisfy demand for all three products? (4 marks) 2. How much of each product should be produced to maximize net operating income? (6 marks) 3. Up to how much should the company be willing to pay for one additional hour of mixing machine time if the company has made the best use of the existing mixing machine capacity? (4 marks)

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