Garden Growers Corp manufactures garden tools in a factory in$$ Taneytown, Maryland.$$ Recently, the company designed a collection of tools for professional use rather than consumer use. Management needs to make a good decision about whether to produce this line in their existing space in$$ Maryland, where space is available or to accept an offer from a manufacturer in Taiwan. Data concerning the decision$$ are:

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Part $1$

Requirement $1.$ Should Garden Growers Corp manufacture the $680$ comma $000$ garden tools in the Maryland facility or purchase them from the supplier in$$ Taiwan? Explain.

The cost of manufacturing $680,000$ garden tools in the Maryland facility is

$$2,176,000$

and the cost of purchasing

$680,000$ garden tools from the Taiwan supplier is

$$1,700,000$

$.$

Garden Growers Corp

should

purchase the garden tools from the Taiwan supplier because it is

$$476,000$

less

than the relevant costs to manufacture the garden tools in Maryland.

SKIP REQUIREMENT $2$

Requirement $3.$ What are some of the qualitative factors that Garden Growers Corp should consider when deciding whether to outsource the garden tools manufacturing to$$ Taiwan?$($Select four that$$ apply.$)$

Fluctuations in the value of the NTD relative to the U$.$S$.$ dollar

Delivery lead times

Negative public and media reaction to not providing jobs in Maryland

Quality