The make or buy decision Sycamore Company uses a certain part in its manu- LO 2, 3 facturing process that it buys from an outside supplier for $29 per part plus another $4 for shipping and other purchasing-related costs. The company will need 14,400 of these parts in the next year and is considering making the part internally. After performing a capacity analysis. Sycamore determined that it has sufficient unused capacity to manufacture the 14,400 parts but would need to hire a manager at an an¬ nual salary of $43,200 to oversee this production activity. Estimated production costs are determined to be:

Directmaterial.
Directlabor.
Variableoverhead.
Fixed overhead (includes manager at $3 per unit) Total unitcost.
$18 8 4 7 $37 Required:

a. Identify the relevant costs to make this part internally.

b. Should Sycamore produce the part or continue to buy it from the outside supplier?

c. What other factors are important to this decision?