Make or Buy

A company manufactures various-sized plastic bottles for its medicinal product. The manufacturing cost for small bottles is $168 per unit (100 bottles), including fixed costs of $36 per unit. A proposal is offered to purchase small bottles from an outside source for $102 per unit, plus $7 per unit for freight.

a. Prepare a differential analysis dated July 31 to determine whether the company should make (Alternative 1) or buy (Alternative 2) the bottles, assuming fixed costs are unaffected by the decision. If an amount is zero, enter "0". Use a minus sign to indicate a loss.

Differential Analysis
Make Bottles (Alt. 1) or Buy Bottles (Alt. 2)
July 31
	Make Bottles (Alternative 1)	Buy Bottles (Alternative 2)	Differential Effect on Income (Alternative 2)
Sales price	$	$	$
Unit costs:
Purchase price	$	$	$
Freight
Variable costs
Fixed factory overhead
Income (Loss)	$	$	$

b. Determine whether the company should make (Alternative 1) or buy (Alternative 2) the bottles.