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It's nice to have supply options, but I'm going bananas trying to sort out these slit steel bids, exclaimed Christopher Lane, purchasing manager for Sarbec Ltd. "I see what you mean", responded Jack Martin, Lane's assistant. Let me call my friend over in the accounting office. He'll have some suggestions for us.' Sarbec Ltd needs a total of 125 tonnes of sheet steel50 tonnes of 4 centimetre width and 75 tonnes of 8 centimetre width for a customer's job. Sarbec can purchase the sheet steel in these widths directly from Jensteel Ltd, a steel manufacturer, or it can purchase sheet steel from Jensteel that is 48 centimetres wide and then have it slit into the desired widths by Precut Pty Ltd. both vendors are local and have previously supplied materials to Sarbec. Precut specialises in slitting sheet steel, provided by a customer, into any desired width. When negotiating a contract, Precut tells its customers that there is a scrap loss in the slitting operation, but that this loss has never exceeded 2.5 per cent of input tonnes. Precut recommends that if a customer has a specific tonnage requirement, it should supply an adequate amount of steel to yield the desired quantity. Precut's charges for steel slitting are based on good output, not input handled. The 48-centimetre sheet steel is a regular stock item of Jensteel and can be shipped to Precut within five days of receipt of Sarbec's purchase order. If Jensteel is to do the slitting, shipment to Sarbec would be scheduled for 15 days from receipt of the order. Precut has quoted delivery at 10 days after receipt of the sheet steel. In prior dealings, Sarbec has found both Jensteel and Precut to be reliable vendors with high quality products. Sarbec has received the following price quotations from Jensteel and Precut: Jensteel Ltd rates Size Gauge Quantity Cost per tonne 4 cm 14 50 tonnes $210.00 8 cm 14 75 tonnes 200.00 48 cm 14 125 tonnes 180.00 Precut Pty Ltd steel slitting rates Size Gauge Quantity Price per tonne of output 4 cm 14 50 tonnes $18.00 8 cm 14 75 tonnes 15.00 Freight and handling charges Destination Cost per tonne Jensteel to Sarbec $10.00 Jensteel to Precut 5.00 Precut to Sarbec 7.50 In addition to the above information, Precut has informed Sarbec that if Sarbec purchases 100 output tonnes of each width, the per-tonne slitting rates would be reduced by 12 per cent. Sarbec knows that the same customer will be placing a new order in the near future for the same material and estimates it would have to store the additional tonnage for an average of two months at a carrying cost of $1.50 per month for each tonne. There would be no change in Jensteel's prices for additional tonnes delivered to Precut. As Martin's friend in the accounting office, you have just received a phone call for help.Required: 1. Prepare an analysis to determine whether Sarbec Ltd should: (a) purchase the required slit steel directly from Jensteel Ltd (b) purchase the 48-centimetre sheet steel from Jensteel and have it slit by Precut Pty Ltd into 50 output tonnes, 4 centimetres wide and 75 output tonnes, 8 centimetres wide. (c) take advantage of Precut's reduced slitting rates by purchasing 100 output tonnes of each width. Round all cost figures to the nearest cent. 2. Independent of your answer to requirement 1, present three additional reasons, reflecting qualitative rather than financial information, why Sarbec Ltd may favour the purchase of the slit steel directly from Jensteel Ltd. 3. Independent of your answers to requirements 1 and 2, suppose that Christopher Lane's final analysis shows that purchasing slit steel directly from Jensteel is Sarbec's least costly option. Before making his decision, Lane receives a call from a good friend who is the production manager at Precut. His friend has called to urge Lane to use Precut's services. 'We're really hurting here at Precut, Chris, his friend insists. 'If we don't get this job, it's going to be a long cold winter for some of us.' Discuss Christopher Lane's ethical obligations in this matter

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