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Neb Ltd. manufactures three products namely; A, B and C which use the same inputs but in different quantities. In addition to these inputs, each unit of...

      

Neb Ltd. manufactures three products namely; A, B and C which use the same inputs but in
different quantities.
In addition to these inputs, each unit of product C uses a component MT200 which the company
currently purchases from an external supplier for Sh.80 per unit.
The following estimated data relates to the month of January 2014:
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Additional information:
1. The monthly fixed costs amount to Sh. 150,000.
2. The company has reverse engineered the component MT200 and has realized that it could make
the component in-house at the following costs per unit:
Sh.
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3. In the month of January 2014, the maximum availability of skilled labour is 5,400 hours but all
other resources are readily available
4. There would be no incremental fixed costs incurred as a result of making the component in house.
5. The company bases all short-term decisions on profit maximization.
6. The company would either buy the component or make it in-house; it would not use a mixture of
the two options:
Required:
Advise the management of Neb Ltd. on the optimal production plan for the month of January 2014.

  

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marto answered the question on February 21, 2019 at 12:19


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