Requirement 1. Outdoor Life's accountants predict that purchasing the bindings from Lewis will enable the company to avoid

$1,900 of fixed overhead. Prepare an analysis to show whether Outdoor Life

should make or buy the bindings. (Only enter the net relevant costs. For the Difference column, use a minus sign or parentheses only when the cost of outsourcing exceeds the cost of making the bindings in-house.)

	Make	Outsource	Difference
Binding costs	Bindings	Bindings	(MakeOutsource)
Variable costs:
Direct materials
Direct labor
Variable overhead
Fixed costs
Purchase price from Lewis
Transportation
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Total differential cost of 1,800 bindings

Should Outdoor Life make or buy the bindings?

Decision:

Buy the bindings.

Make the bindings.

Requirement 2. The facilities freed by purchasing bindings from Lewis can be used to manufacture another product that will contribute $2,700 to profit. Total fixed costs will be the same as if Outdoor Life had produced the bindings. Show which alternative makes the best use of Outdoor Life's '

facilities. (Only enter the net relevant costs. Enter all costs as positive values. Use a minus sign or parentheses for decreases to net

costs.)

		Outsource Bindings
	Make	Facilities	Make New
Binding costs	Bindings	Idle	Product
Variable Costs:
Direct materials
Direct labor
Variable overhead
Fixed costs
Purchase price from Lewis
Transportation
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Expected profit from new product
Expected net cost of obtaining 1,800 bindings

Which alternative makes the best use of

Outdoor Life's

facilities?

Decision:

Buy the binding and leave the facilities idle.

Buy the binding and use the facilities to make the other product.

Make the bindings.

Direct materials

$17,510

Direct labor

3,000

Variable overhead

2,040

Fixed overhead

6,400

Total manufacturing costs for 1,800 bindings

$28,950