Behemoth Motors Corps (BMC) has decided to include a Global Positioning System navigator (GPSN) in all of its Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV). Our department has received an offer from Far East Enterprises, Ltd (FEE) to produce GPSNs for us. They require a 2-year contract and will provide GPSNs at the same pace we can produce them ourselves. The department must thoroughly explore every aspect of this offer prior to accepting or declining. The managerial accountants have prepared the following information, which breaks down the cost of each unit, compares the costs of each unit, and suggests a course of action that is in our best interests.
In order to determine the correct course of action for our department, the managerial accountants have
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In order to make a GPSN, the department must buy materials locally in month-to-month contracts. There are 100 employees that comprise the direct labor required to build each GPSN. Factory space is required to house the manufacturing, and the basic rate of $2.50 per sq. ft. is applied across all BMCs departments to cover factory costs. 16,000 sq. ft. leads to a $40,000 charge each month. Supervisors do not fall into direct labor, because they are not actively involved in the creation of a GPSN. Their costs account for $56,000 a month and must be added to the cost of each GPSN. Finally, general overhead is spread across every operating unit within BMC. The overhead cost dedicated to this department is $640,000 per month. This brings the cost of each GPSN built in house to $425. FEE is offering to build each GPSN for $400 at a rate of 8,000 per month for 2 years. This is not the final cost for BMC, because there are some additional costs that come into play with the decision to purchase GPSNs. The decision to buy GPSNs will trigger a layoff of the 100 direct labor employees in the department. When this occurs, BMC will be required to pay $66,000 to the employee union for four years. Since the contract is for 2 years, this should be paid in full at the conclusion of the contract. This means that $132,000 must be added to the annual cost of GPSNs provided by FEE. This …show more content…
As previously explained, BMC can build a GPSN at a cost of $425 while FEE can provide them to BMC at a cost of $403.88. If the department chooses to outsource the product from FEE, it will save $21.12 per GPSN purchased from FEE. There are other aspects that must be considered as well. “There is danger that throughputs can be taken as a proxy for outcomes” (Coombs, Hobbs, and Jenkins, 2005). The quality of GPSN purchased from FEE must meet or exceed the quality of the product built at BMC. Simply looking at the cost of each unit could lead to disastrous results if the quality of GPSN purchased from FEE were much lower than our current standard. Fortunately for our department, FEE has the same failure rate in their GPSN as our GPSN department, which is currently at 2%. Possibly even more important than unit cost and quality, one must compare the two choices and determine how each affects the department’s core competencies. “Make or buy is a decision not to be made only on the basis of economic considerations, since acquisition or loss of core competencies may be involved”(Bajec and Jacomin 2010). This is important because one must determine if building GPSNs is central to BMC’s strategic future. “Moreover, to make the best make-or-buy decision, companies must determine how that decision will affect the final product quality and the
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Blanco Company estimates that its variable manufacturing overhead (all requiring cash expenditures) is $32 per direct labor hour. The total fixed manufacturing overhead of $1,881,120 per month includes depreciation on the factory building of $120,000 per month and depreciation on the factory equipment of $30,000 per month for total depreciation of $150,000 per month. (Thus, the cash spent for fixed manufacturing overhead is $1,731,120 ($1,881,120 – $120,000 – $30,000) per month.) Cash disbursements for manufacturing overhead occur in the same month in which the company incurs the cost. Be sure to show the calculation of the average predetermined overhead rate for the quarter as a whole only—total budgeted manufacturing overhead cost
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Answer: It seems like Bridgeton and its consultants assumed that the savings from outsourcing those two products would be 435% of the direct labor dollar cost for those products - calculated amount $53,496.
The capitated managed care agreement with the city allows the hospital to receive $250 per month per family for taking care of the 300 city employees and their families, whether they are sick or not. Utilizing the full cost method, the hospital incurs a profit loss of $51,898,395, meaning that a rate increase of $14,166.22 is required in order to cover the full cost for the year. When applying the differential cost the hospital also incurs a profit loss of $15,119, and a rate increase of $3,949.72 is required in order to cover the differential cost for the year.
Job J57 and Job K52 involve 15 acres of landscaped terrain which will require special-order sprinkler heads to meet the specifications of the project. Using a job cost system to produce these parts, the following events occurred during December 2012. Raw materials were requisitioned from the company’s inventory on December 2 for $5,061; on December 8 for $1,059; and on December 14 for $3,459. In each instance, twothirds (2/3) of these materials were for J57 and the rest for K52. Six time tickets were turned in for these two projects for a total amount of 18 hours of work. All the workers were paid $16.50 per hour. The time tickets were dated December 3, December 9, and December 15. On each of those days, 6 labor hours were spent on these jobs, two-thirds (2/3) for J57 and the rest for K52. The predetermined overhead rate is based on machine hours. The expected machine hour use for the year is 2,112 hours, and the anticipated overhead costs are $840,576 for the year. The machine were used by workers on projects K52 and J57 on December 3, 9, and 15. Six machine hours were used for project K52 (2 each day), and 8.5 machine hours were used for project J57 (2.5 the first day and 3 each of the other days). Both of these special orders were completed on December 15, producing 237 sprinkler heads for J57 and 142 sprinkler heads for K52. Additional job order
GigaTech will be renting an office space in Newport News, Virginia. It will cost the company $2,700 per month to rent out a 3,842 square-foot office. It will also pay $210 for utilities such as electric, water, gas, and sewer. In order to form our Limited Liability Company, we are responsible for paying a LLC formation expense of $200. We also need to obtain a software license, which costs $170. To create an Apple app, we must also create an Apple account and pay $99 each year. An estimate of $300 is needed to trademark our company as well. Our company will also be paying $800 every month for internet expenses. Attorney fees will cost $1,220 a month based on one four hour meeting a month at $305. In addition to the administration costs, our company will need to purchase all office equipment, office supplies, and bathroom supplies. We plan on spending $17,483 within the first year and purchasing these items from Staples, Walmart, or online. Our company will be providing health insurance to all the employees, which will cost approximately $228,000 per year in total. The
Operating cost for the production of these various products that include radar and missile defense systems averaged $5.5 billion over this three-year period (Northrop Grumman Corporation 2016 Annual Report, 2017, p. 29). The cost of providing the support services for these various systems added another $3.9 billion to the operating cost of the mission systems component of Northrop Grumman Corporation (Northrop Grumman Corporation 2016 Annual Report, 2017, p. 29). Technological
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A comparison of the direct and indirect cost that is associated with the navigation system within VectorCal and my company.
An important function of the accounting field is to provide external users of financial statements with assurance that the financial information being presented is both reliable and accurate. This basic function of accounting is so important that there is an entire field of experts, called auditors, dedicated to assuring its proper performance. Throughout history there have been many instances in which the basic equilibrium between an institution and current/potential investor has been threatened due to a lack of accountability and trust between the two parties. This issue has been the catalyst for many discussions regarding the proper procedures a firm should follow in order to provide
That is the place our application comes into picture. Ongoing following of all vehicles of travel office utilizing Global Positioning System as the name proposes, it utilizes GPS to track any vehicles. Our region of fixation in this task is on following travel organization vehicles. It will help both the travelers and the organization to track the vehicles, to get continuous position of the vehicles, changed courses (If any), it can likewise go about as a hostile to burglary application by distinguishing the correct position of the vehicles. The application will ask the client (Passenger) to enter the transport number in which he/she wishes to travel. At that point the client will enter the source and the goal of their excursion. Subsequent to entering all the vital data, the client will tap on the find catch. After tapping the find catch, the client will get all the point by point data about the area of the transport, the toll client needs to pay for his/her voyage.