A Company Has Two Alternatives for Meeting a Customer Requirement

question 62

Essay

A company has two alternatives for meeting a customer requirement for 5,000 units of a specialty molding. If done in-house, fixed cost would be $350,000 and variable cost is $20 per unit. Alternative two is to outsource for a total cost of $40 per unit. Determine the break-even quantity and determine if they should make the item in-house or outsource it.

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Definitions:

Income Taxes

Taxes that individuals or entities pay on the money they earn over a certain period, typically a year.

Annually Balanced Budget

A financial statement showing that projected government revenues equal expected expenditures on an annual basis.

Destabilize

To cause a system, situation, or environment to become unstable or out of balance.

Economy

The large set of interrelated production, consumption, and exchange activities that aid in determining how scarce resources are allocated.