The Summer Corporation manufactures cellular modems. It manufactures its own cellular modem circuit boards(CMCB), an...
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The Summer Corporation manufactures cellular modems. It manufactures its own cellular modem circuit boards(CMCB), an important part of the cellular modem. The company reports the following cost information about the costs of making CMCBs in2012and the expected costs in2013:
Current Costs
Expected Costs
in 2012
in 2013
Variable manufacturing costs
Direct material cost per CMCB
$185
$165
Direct manufacturing labor cost per CMCB
60
44
Variable manufacturing cost per batch for setups,
materials handling, and quality control
1,750
1,700
Fixed manufacturing cost
Fixed manufacturing overhead costs that can be
avoided if CMCBs are not made
553,580
595,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead costs of plant
depreciation, insurance, and administration that
cannot be avoided even if CMCBs are not made
966,420
1,020,000
manufactured
15 comma 20015,200
CMCBs in
20122012
in
8080
batches of
190190
each. In
20132013,
SummerSummer
anticipates needing
17 comma 00017,000
CMCBs. The CMCBs would be produced in
100100
batches of
170170
each. The
MansonManson
Corporation has approached
SummerSummer
about supplying CMCBs to
SummerSummer
in
20132013
at
$ 280$280
per CMCB on whatever delivery schedule Summer wants.
Calculate the total expected manufacturing cost per unit of making CMCBs in 2013.
2.
Suppose the capacity currently used to make CMCBs will become idle if Summer purchases CMCBs from Manson.On the basis of financial considerationsalone, shouldSummer make CMCBs or buy them from Manson?Show your calculations.
3.
Now suppose that if Summer purchases CMCBs from Manson its best alternative use of the capacity currently used for CMCBs is to make and sell special circuit boards (CB3s) to the Essex Corporation Summer estimates the following incremental revenues and costs fromCB3s:
Total expected incremental future revenues
Total expected incremental future costs
$2,200,000
$ 2,425,000
On the basis of financial considerations alone, should Summer make CMCBs or buy them fromManson?Show your calculations.
Summer
Summer
wants
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