Futura Company purchases the 70.000 starters that it installs in its standard line of farm tractors from a supplier for the price of $12.00 per unit. Due to a reduction in output, the company now has idle capacity that could be used to produce the starters rather than buying them from an outside supplier. However, the company's chief engineer is opposed to making the starters because the production cost per unit is $12.40 as shown below Total Direct materials Direct labor Supervision Depreciation Variable manufacturing overhead Rent Total production cost Per Unit $ 6.00 3.2 1.50 1.00 0.30 0.40 $ 12.40 $ 105,000 $ 70,000 $ 28,000 If Futura decides to make the starters, a supervisor would have to be hired at a salary of $105,000) to oversee production. However, the company has sufficient idle tools and machinery such that no new equipment would have to be purchased. The rent charge above is based on space utilized in the plant. The total rent on the plant is $88,000 per period Depreciation is due to obsolescence rather than wear and tear Required: What is the financial advantage disadvantage) of making the 70.000 starters instead of buying them from an outside supplier? Wexpro, Inc., produces several products from processing 1 ton of clypton, a rare mineral Material and processing costs total $55.000 per ton, one-fourth of which is allocated to product X15. Eight thousand six hundred units of product X15 are produced from each ton of clypton. The units can either be sold at the split-off point for $14 each, or processed further at a total cost of $7100 and then sold for $17 each Required: 1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of further processing product X15? 2. Should product X15 be processed further or sold at the split-off point? 2. Product X15 should be Bed & Bath, a retailing company, has two departments-Hardware and Linens. The company's most recent monthly contribution format income statement follows: Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Net operating income (los) Department Total Hardware Linens $ 4,030,000 $3,020,000 $ 1,010,000 1,392,000 979,000 413,000 2,638,000 2,041,000 597,000 2,290,000 1.400.000 890.000 348,000 $ (293,000) A study indicates that $373,000 of the fixed expenses being charged to Linens are sunk costs or allocated costs that will continue even if the Linens Department is dropped. In addition, the elimination of the Linens Department will result in a 15% decrease in the sales of the Hardware Department Required: What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Linens Department? financial (disadvantage)