Carla Vista Company purchases sails and produces sailboats. It currently produces 1,250 sailboats per year, operating at normal capacity, which is about 80% of full capacity. Carla Vista purchases sails at $262 each, but the company is considering using the excess capacity to manufacture the sails instead. The manufacturing cost per sail would be $94 for direct materials, $84 for direct labor, and $90 for overhead. The $90 overhead is based on $77,500 of annual fixed overhead that is allocated using normal capacity. The president of Carla Vista has come to you for advice. "It would cost me $268 to make the sails," she says, "but only $262 to buy them. Should I continue buying them, or have I missed something?" (a) Prepare a per unit analysis of the differential costs. (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).) Direct material Direct labor Variable overhead Purchase price Total unit cost Make Sails Carla Vista should $ $ Should Carla Vista make or buy the sails? the sails. $ LA $ LA Buy Sails $ $ Net Income Increase (Decrease)
Carla Vista Company purchases sails and produces sailboats. It currently produces 1,250 sailboats per year, operating at normal capacity, which is about 80% of full capacity. Carla Vista purchases sails at $262 each, but the company is considering using the excess capacity to manufacture the sails instead. The manufacturing cost per sail would be $94 for direct materials, $84 for direct labor, and $90 for overhead. The $90 overhead is based on $77,500 of annual fixed overhead that is allocated using normal capacity. The president of Carla Vista has come to you for advice. "It would cost me $268 to make the sails," she says, "but only $262 to buy them. Should I continue buying them, or have I missed something?" (a) Prepare a per unit analysis of the differential costs. (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).) Direct material Direct labor Variable overhead Purchase price Total unit cost Make Sails Carla Vista should $ $ Should Carla Vista make or buy the sails? the sails. $ LA $ LA Buy Sails $ $ Net Income Increase (Decrease)
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Transcribed Image Text:Carla Vista Company purchases sails and produces sailboats. It currently produces 1,250 sailboats per year, operating at normal
capacity, which is about 80% of full capacity. Carla Vista purchases sails at $262 each, but the company is considering using the excess
capacity to manufacture the sails instead. The manufacturing cost per sail would be $94 for direct materials, $84 for direct labor, and
$90 for overhead. The $90 overhead is based on $77,500 of annual fixed overhead that is allocated using normal capacity.
The president of Carla Vista has come to you for advice. "It would cost me $268 to make the sails," she says, "but only $262 to buy
them. Should I continue buying them, or have I missed something?"
(a)
Prepare a per unit analysis of the differential costs. (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45
or parentheses e.g. (45).)
Direct material
Direct labor
Variable overhead
Purchase price
Total unit cost
Make Sails
Carla Vista should
tA
Should Carla Vista make or buy the sails?
the sails.
LA
tA
Buy Sails
$
$
LA
Net Income
Increase (Decrease)
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