Central Carolina Technical College Operations And Supply Chain Management Assignment Help - . The Hyatt Company

Question - . The Hyatt Company is trying to decide whether it should purchase new equipment and continue to
make its subassemblies internally or if production should be discontinued and the subassembly
purchased from an outside supplier. Either way production can not continue using the current
equipment. New equipment for producing the subassemblies can be purchased at a cost of $400,000.
The equipment would have a five-year useful life (the company uses straight-line depreciation) and a
$50,000 salvage value. Alternatively, the subassemblies could be purchased from an outside supplier.
The supplier has offered to provide the subassemblies for $9 each under a five-year contract. Hyatt
Company's present costs per unit of producing the subassembl ...Read More ies internally (with the old equipment)
are given below. The costs are based on a current activity level of 40,000 subassemblies per year:
Direct Materials $ 3.00 Direct Labour $ 4.20 Variable Overhead $ 0.60 Fixed Overhead ($0.80
supervision, $0.90 depreciation, and $2 general company overhead) $ 3.70 Total Cost per Unit
$11.50
The new equipment would be more efficient and would reduce direct labour costs and variable
overhead costs by 25%. Supervision cost ($30,000 per year) and direct materials cost per unit would
not be affected by the new equipment. The company has no other use for the space now being used
to produce the subassemblies. The company's total general company overhead would not be affected
by this decision. Assume direct labour is a variable cost.
Required:Assume that 40,000 subassemblies are needed each year. Prepare an analysis of the two
alternatives and make a recommendation to the management of the company of the appropriate
course of action. ...Read Less

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