If Caro outsources the Maintenance Department, what is the maximum it can pay an outside vendor without increasing total costs? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
If Caro outsources the Maintenance Department, what is the maximum it can pay an outside vendor without increasing total costs? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
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Transcribed Image Text:Exercise 11-39 (Algo) Reciprocal Cost Allocation-Outsourcing a
Service Department (LO 11-4, 5)
Caro Manufacturing has two production departments, Machining and Assembly, and two
service departments, Maintenance and Cafeteria. Direct costs for each department and
the proportion of service costs used by the various departments for the month of August
follow:
Department
Machining
Assembly
Maintenance
Cafeteria
Direct
Costs
$160,000
60,000
35,000
32,500
Maximum Amount
Proportion of Services Used by
Maintenance Cafeteria Machining Assembly
0.8
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.3
0.1
Caro estimates that the variable costs in the Maintenance Department total $11,000, and
in the Cafeteria variable costs total $18,000. Avoidable fixed costs in the Maintenance
Department are $8,000.
Required:
If Caro outsources the Maintenance Department, what is the maximum it can pay an
outside vendor without increasing total costs? (Do not round intermediate
calculations.)
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