Benitez Company currently outsources a relay switch that is a component in one of its products. The switches cost $20 each. The company is considering making the switches internally at the following projected annual production costs:       Unit-level material cost $ 3   Unit-level labor cost $ 2   Unit-level overhead $ 1   Batch-level set-up cost (5,000 units per batch) $ 25,000   Product-level supervisory salaries $ 37,500   Allocated facility-level costs $ 20,000       The company expects an annual need for 5,000 switches. If the company makes the product, it will have to utilize factory space currently being leased to another company for $1,500 a month. What will be the total cost if the company decides to make the parts be?

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Benitez Company currently outsources a relay switch that is a component in one of its products. The switches cost $20 each. The company is considering making the switches internally at the following projected annual production costs:

 

   
Unit-level material cost $ 3  
Unit-level labor cost $ 2  
Unit-level overhead $ 1  
Batch-level set-up cost (5,000 units per batch) $ 25,000  
Product-level supervisory salaries $ 37,500  
Allocated facility-level costs $ 20,000  
 

 

The company expects an annual need for 5,000 switches. If the company makes the product, it will have to utilize factory space currently being leased to another company for $1,500 a month.

What will be the total cost if the company decides to make the parts be?

 

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