Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $$190$ and $$155,$ respectively. Each product

uses only one type of raw material that costs $$8$ per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce $122,000$

units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below:

The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses

are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.

Assume that Cane expects to produce and sell $69,000$ Alphas during the current year. A supplier has offered to manufacture and

deliver $69,000$ Alphas to Cane for a price of $$136$ per unit. What is the financial advantage $($disadvantage$)$ of buying $69,000$ units from

the supplier instead of making those units?

Financial advantage