Make-or-Buy Decision for a Service Company The Theater Arts Guild of Dallas (TAG-D) employs five people in its Publication Department. These people lay out pages for pamphlets, brochures, magazines, and other publications for the TAG.D productions. The pages are delivered to an outside company for printing. The company is considering an outside publication service for the layout work. The outside service is quoting a price of $13 per layout page. The budget for the Publication Department for the current year is as follows: Salaries Benefits Supplies Office expenses Office depreciation Computer depreciation Total $224,000 36,000 21,000 39,000 28,000 24,000 $372,000 The department expects to lay out 24,000 pages for the current year. The Publication Department office space and equipment would be used for future administrative needs, if the department's function were purchased from the outside. a. Prepare a differential analysis dated February 22 to determine whether TAG-D should lay out pages internally (Alternative 1) or purchase layout services from the outside (Alternative 2). If an amount is zero, enter "o". Differential Analysis Lay Out Pages Internally (Alt. 1) or Purchase Layout Services (Alt. 2) February 22 Lay Out Purchase Pages Layout Differential Internally Services outside (Alternative 2). If an amount is zero, enter "o". Differential Analysis Lay Out Pages Internally (Alt. 1) or Purchase Layout Services (Alt. 2) February 22 Lay Out Purchase Pages Layout Internally Services Differential Effects (Alternative 1) (Alternative 2) (Alternative 2) Costs: Purchase price of layout work Salaries 224,000 0 224,000 Benefits Supplies Office expenses Office depreciation Computer depreciation Total costs b. The benefit from using an outside service is shown to be greater than performing the layout work internally. The fixed costs (depreciation expenses) in the budget are Irrelevant to the decision. Thus, the work should be purchased from the outside on a strictly financial basis. c. Before electing to lay off the five employees, the TAG-D should consider the long-run impact of the decision