A Company Asked One of Their Analysis Team to Analyze

question 53

Essay

A company asked one of their analysis team to analyze and create models that help decide whether they should manufacture a particular product or outsource its production. The different components are given below.
Fixed Cost, FC = $25,000
Material Cost per Unit, MC = $2.15
Labor Cost per Unit, LC = $2.00
Outsourcing Cost per Unit, O = $4.50
a. Build a spreadsheet model and then construct a one-way data table with production volume as the column input and savings due to outsourcing as the output. Breakeven occurs when savings equal zero. Vary production volume from 0 to 100,000 in increments of 10,000. In which interval of production volume does breakeven occur?
b. Using the appropriate Excel tool, find the exact breakeven point.

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Definitions:

NREM Sleep

A type of sleep characterized by non-rapid eye movement, encompassing stages 1-3 of the sleep cycle.

Delta Waves

Slow, high amplitude brainwaves associated with the deepest stages of sleep and meditative states.

Slow Brain Waves

Brain waves with a low frequency, typically associated with deep sleep, meditation, and states of relaxation.

NREM Sleep

Non-Rapid Eye Movement sleep, a restorative sleep phase that includes stages 1 through 3, ranging from light to deep sleep.