Barnes Company manufactured 6,000 units of a component part that is used in its product and incurred

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Barnes Company manufactured 6,000 units of a component part that is used in its product and incurred the following costs: 


Direct materials ........ $35,000

Direct labor ........... 15,000

Variable manufacturing overhead . 10,000

Fixed manufacturing overhead .. 20,000

$80,000

Another company has offered to sell the same component part to the company for $12.00 per unit. The fixed manufacturing overhead consists mainly of depreciation on the equipment used to manufacture the part and would not be reduced if the component part was purchased from the outside firm. If the component part is purchased from the outside firm, Barnes Company has the opportunity to use the factory equipment to produce another product which is estimated to have a contribution margin of $16,000.


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Prepare an incremental analysis report for Barnes Company which can serve as informational input into this make or buy decision.


Contribution Margin
Contribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 9780073526706

12th Edition

Authors: Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer

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