Troy Engines, Lid., manufactures a variety of engines for use in heavy equipment. The company has always produced all of the necessary parts for its engines, including all of the carburetors. An outside supplier has offered to sell one type of carburetor to Troy Engines Ltd., for a cost of $35 per unit. To evaluate this offer. Troy Engines, Ltd. has gathered the following information relating to its own cost of producing the carburetor internally: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead, traceable Fixed manufacturing overhead, allocated Total cost 14.000 Per Urts Unit Per Year $14 $ 196,000 10 140,000 56,000 14,000 9 126,000 $45 602,600 *One third supervisory salaries, two thirds depreciation of special equipment (no resale value). Required: 1. Assuming the company has no alternative use for the facilities that are now being used to produce the carburetors, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 14,000 carburetors from the outside supplier? 2. Should the outside supplier's offer be accepted? 3. Suppose that if the carburetors were purchased. Troy Engines. Ltd., could use the freed capacity to launch a new product. The segment margin of the new product would be $140.000 per year. Given this new assumption, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 14,000 carburetors from the outside supplier? 4. Given the new assumption in requirement 3. should the outside supplier's offer be accepted? uppies Offer be accepted? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required I Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Assuming the company has no alternative use for the facilities that are now being used to produce the carburetors, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 14,000 carburetors from the outside supplier? Required 2 > suppersoner be accepted Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Should the outside supplier's offer be accepted? Ores ON Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Relaired 3 Required 4 Suppose that if the carburetors were purchased, Troy Engines, Ltd., could use the freed capacity to launch a new product. The segment margin of the new product would be $140,000 per year. Given this new assumption, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) of buying 14,000 carburetors from the outside supplier ? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Required 4 Given the new assumption in requirement 3, should the outside supplier's offer be accepted? Ores ONO
