Marty Monitors Ltd., a manufacturer of computer monitors, currently produces a 19-inch LCD monitor. The company's accounting department has reported the following annual costs of producing the LCD monitor internally:

Marty Monitors Annual Production Costs for 19-inch LCD Monitor
	Per Unit	9,000 Units
Direct Materials	$29.00	$261,000
Direct Labor	$12.00	$108,000
Variable Overhead	$11.00	$99,000
Production Supervisor's Salary	$9.00	$81,000
Depreciation of LCD manufacturing equipment	$5.00	$45,000
Allocated Fixed Overhead	$15.00	$135,000
Total Cost	$81.00	$729,000

An external supplier has offered to provide Marty Monitors 9,000 units of the same LCD monitor per year at a price of $46 each. Also consider the following information:

• The LCD manufacturing equipment has no salvage value and has no other use aside from producing the 19-inch LCD monitors. It cannot be sold.
• The fixed overhead costs allocated to the LCD monitors are common to all items produced in the factory.
• The production supervisor will take over duties in another department if the monitors are purchased from the external supplier. If this is the case, his annual salary will drop to $72,900.

Should the company continue manufacturing the monitors internally or begin purchasing them from the external supplier? Do not enter dollar signs or commas in the input boxes. Round all answers to 2 decimal places.

Jenson Monitors Make or Buy Analysis
	Production Cost Per Unit	Per Unit Differential Cost		Total Differential Cost (9,000 Units)
		Make	Buy	Make	Buy
Direct Materials	$29.00	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer
Direct Labor	$12.00	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer
Variable Overhead	$11.00	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer
Supervisor's Salary	$9.00	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer
Depreciation of Equipment (sunk)	$5.00	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer
Allocated Fixed Overhead (common)	$15.00	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer
Outside Purchase Price		$Answer	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer
Total Relevant Cost	$81.00	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer	$Answer

The company should: Answer