Sensor Systems manufactures an optical switch that it uses in its final product. The switch has the following manufacturing costs per unit (Click the icon to view the costs.) i (Click the icon to view additional information.) Prepare an outsourcing analysis to determine whether Sensor Systems should make or buy the switch. (For the Difference column, use a minus sign or parentheses only when the cost of outsourcing exceeds the cost of making the switches in-house.) Variable costs: Direct materials Direct labor Variable overhead Purchase price from outsider Outsource optical switch optical switch Make Difference (Make-Outsource) G More info - X Another company has offered to sell Sensor Systems the switch for $20.50 per unit. If Sensor Systems buys the switch from the outside supplier, the idle manufacturing facilities cannot be used for any other purpose, yet none of the fixed costs are avoidable.
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
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![Sensor Systems manufactures an optical switch that it uses in its final product. The switch has the following manufacturing costs per unit:
(Click the icon to view the costs.)
i (Click the icon to view additional information.)
Prepare an outsourcing analysis to determine whether Sensor Systems should make or buy the switch. (For the Difference column, use a minus sign or parentheses only when the cost of outsourcing exceeds the cost of making the
switches in-house.)
Variable costs:
Direct materials
Direct labor
Variable overhead
Purchase price from outsider
Total differential cost per unit
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Outsource
optical switch optical switch
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Direct materials
Direct labor
Variable overhead
Fixed overhead
Manufacturing product cost
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Difference
(Make-Outsource)
$
10.00
3.50
4.00
8.50
$ 26.00
X
-C
More info
Another company has offered to sell Sensor Systems the switch for $20.50 per
unit. If Sensor Systems buys the switch from the outside supplier, the idle
manufacturing facilities cannot be used for any other purpose, yet none of the fixed
costs are avoidable.
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