Damon Industries manufactures $18,000$ components per year. The manufacturing costs of the components were determined as follows:

Direct materials $ $144,000$

Direct labor $23,500$

Variable manufacturing overhead $63,000$

Fixed manufacturing overhead $83,000$

An outside supplier has offered to sell the component for $$14.$ If Damon purchases the component from the outside supplier, the manufacturing facilities would be unused and could be rented out for $$11,900.$ If Damon purchases the component from the supplier instead of manufacturing it$,$ the effect on operating profits would be a: