Taylor Manufactures 12,000 Units of a Part Used in Its

question 51

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Taylor manufactures 12,000 units of a part used in its production to manufacture guitars. The annual production activities related to this part are as follows: Direct materials, $24,000
Direct labor, $60,000
Variable overhead, $54,000
Fixed overhead, $84,000
Best Guitars, Inc., has offered to sell 12,000 units of the same part to Taylor for $22 per unit. If Taylor were to accept the offer, some of the facilities presently used to manufacture the part could be rented to a third party at an annual rental of $18,000. Moreover, $4 per unit of the fixed overhead applied to the part would be totally eliminated.
What should Taylor's decision be, and what is the total cost savings that would result?

• A) Make, $60,000
• B) Buy, $60,000
• C) Make, $78,000
• D) Buy, $78,000

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