A company is planning to introduce a new portable TV to its existing product line. Management must decide whether to make the TV case or buy it from an outside supplier. The lowest outside price is $100. If the case is produced internally, the company wills have to purchase new equipment that will yield annual depreciation of $ 130,000. The company will also need to rent a new production facility at $200,000 a year. At 20,000 cases per year, a preliminary analysis of production costs shows the following (note: the new costs are included in the numbers given below)

Per case

Direct materials $40

Direct labor 32

Variable overhead 10

Equipment depreciation 6.50

Building rental 10

Allocated fixed overhead 7.50

Total cost $106

Required: determine whether the company should make the cases or buy them from the outside supplier.