You run a manufacturing facility that makes roller skates. fixed monthly cost is $50,000 in mortgage, $3,000 per employee on average in salaries (you have 40 employees) and $20,000 in other expenses. the cost of raw materials is $2 per skate, and other costs per skate average to about $1. you sell the skates for $19.95 each.

you have the option of outsourcing the manufacturing, which will cost you $10 per skate, with a lower fixed cost of $90,000. at what point will you be indifferent between manufacturing yourself versus outsourcing it?

Vortex company operates a retail store with two departments. information about those departments follows. department a department b sales $ 800,000 $ 450,000 cost of goods sold 497,000 291,000 direct expenses salaries 125,000 88,000 insurance 20,000 10,000 utilities 24,000 14,000 depreciation 21,000 12,000 maintenance 7,000 5,000 the company also incurred the following indirect costs. salaries $36,000 insurance 6,000 depreciation 15,000 office expenses 50,000 indirect costs are allocated as follows: salaries on the basis of sales; insurance and depreciation on the basis of square footage; and office expenses on the basis of number of employees. additional information about the departments follows. department square footage number of employees a 28,000 75 b 12,000 50 required: 1. determine the departmental contribution to overhead and the departmental net income for department a and department b.