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The management of wildhorse Manufacturing company is trying to decide whether to continue manufacturing a part or to buy ir from an outside supplier. The part, called CISCO, is a component of the company finished product. The following information was collected from the accounting records and production data for the year ending December 31, 2022. 1. 8,000 units of CISCO were produced in the machining department. 2. variable manufacturing costs applicable to the product of each CISCO unit were direct materials $5.30, direct labor $4.69, indirect labor $0.45, utilities $0.44. 3. Fixed manufacturing cost applicable to the production of CISCO were: Cost Item Direct Allocated Depreciation $2,000 $880 Property taxes 510 410 Insurance 900 610 $3,410 $1,900 All variable manufacturing and direct fixed costs will be eliminated if CISCO is purchased. Allocated costs will not be elininated if CISCO is purchased, So if CISCO is purchased, the fixed manufacturing costs allocated to CISCO will have to be absorbed by other production departments. 4. The lowest quotation for 8,000 CISCO units from a supplier is $87,590 5. If CISCO units are purchased, freight and inspection costs would be $0.36 per unit and receiving costs totaling $1,280 per year would be incurred by the machining department. a. Prepare an incremental analysis for CISCO. (enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).) Make CISCO Buy cisco net Income Increase (decrease) Direct material $ $ $ Direct labor Indirect labor Utilities Depreciation Property taxes Insurance Purchase price Freight and inspection Receiving costs Total annual cost b. Based on your analysis, what decision should management make? The Company should ----- c. Would the decision be different if wildhorse company has the opportunity to produce $3,000 of net income with the facilities currently being used to manufacture CISCO?

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