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9 years ago
Relevant Cost Case Behemoth Motors Corp.

Behemoth Motors Corp. (BMC) is a major manufacturer of automobiles in the United States. BMC has decided to include a Global Positioning System navigator (GPSN) in all of its Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) beginning with the 2013 model year. These models are just now being delivered and the GPSN units are manufactured in the Detroit BMC facility. Currently and for the foreseeable future, BMC will need 8,000 GPSNs per month. The total manufacturing cost of the GSPN is $425 per unit calculated as follows:


Item/Cost per unit
 

Direct materials (purchased locally)
$165
 

Direct labor (6 hours @ $28 per hour)
 168
 

Factory Floor Space Charges (16,000 sq. ft. at $2.50 per sq. ft. per month allocated over 8,000 units per month)
 5
 

Supervisory labor (monthly cost of $56,000 allocated over 8,000 units per month)
 7
 

General company overhead ($640,000 per month assigned to GPSN allocated over 8,000 units per month)
 80
 

Total Unit Cost
 $425
 

BMC experiences a high level of quality control over these units with only 2% of total production failing quality control testing. 98% of all units manufactured are installed in SUVs.

Wally Wizard, the GPSN manager, has been approached by Far East Enterprises, Ltd (FEE) who has offered to outsource these units for MBC. FEE is a three-year-old electronic manufacturing company located in China and has experienced outstanding growth during that three-year period. FEE has offered to manufacture and deliver to Detroit 8,000 GPSN units at a unit cost of $400 beginning on Jan. 1, 2013. FEE asks for a two-year contract.

Under the existing arrangement, the direct materials are all purchased locally under month-to-month contracts. There are no future obligations under these contracts.

There are 100 direct labor employees involved in this process. These employees can be laid off but if they are, BMC must pay a penalty of $66,000 per year to the employees union. This penalty will continue for 4 years.

There are 10 supervisors, each earning $6,000 per month, assigned to the project. If the product is outsourced, all of these supervisors can be assigned to other supervisory positions within BMC.

If the product is outsourced, half of the factory floor space can be used for storage for materials that are currently stored in rented storage facilities. These rented facilities currently cost BMC $5,000 per month. There is no alternative use for the remaining factory floor space. The current $2.50 per sq. ft. charge is based on the overall BMC factory costs.

General company overhead is first assigned to operating units on the basis of total product produced and then further to produced units on a per unit basis. If the product is outsourced, this overhead will be reassigned to other operating divisions although total corporate overhead incurred will remain unchanged.

You have determined the following additional facts. The units manufactured by FEE will have the same quality as those manufactured by BMC and the delivery schedule will have the same reliability as that of BMC.

Case Assignment

Make a recommendation to Wally Wizard in a 3 to 4 page paper. Be sure to support your recommendation with the decision-making process outlined in the background information.
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9 years ago
No, it should not shift its operations to FEE.

P.S.

While calculating penalty for 4 years has been taken into account even though contract is of 2 years.

Overhead can't be reduced after transferring operations to FEE.
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ddizzle Author
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9 years ago
Thank you for the help. Would you be willing to elaborate on the "Recommendation to Wally Wizard"? Thank you again!

I also have other problems to be answered if you have the time.
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9 years ago
Any updates, dizzle?
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