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The Electrical Division of SLOWCAR Company has excess production capacity and can produce batteries for $72 per unit, well below their normal cost of $114 per unit. The Assembly Division has offered to purchase 90,000 batteries for $104 each. It would benefit the overall company to have the Electrical Division accept this internal transfer, saving $5.22 million per year compared to the Assembly Division purchasing batteries externally for $130 each. The minimum transfer price should be $72 per battery and the maximum should be $130 per battery.

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TP Example

The Electrical Division of SLOWCAR Company has excess production capacity and can produce batteries for $72 per unit, well below their normal cost of $114 per unit. The Assembly Division has offered to purchase 90,000 batteries for $104 each. It would benefit the overall company to have the Electrical Division accept this internal transfer, saving $5.22 million per year compared to the Assembly Division purchasing batteries externally for $130 each. The minimum transfer price should be $72 per battery and the maximum should be $130 per battery.

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Transfer Price (in-class problem)

The Assembly Division of SLOWCAR Company has offered to


purchase 90,000 batteries from the Electrical Division (ED) for $104 per
unit. At a normal volume of 250,000 batteries per year, production costs
per battery are:
Direct materials
$40
Direct labor
20
Variable factory overhead
12
Fixed factory overhead
42
Total
$114
The Electrical Division has been selling 250,000 batteries per year to
outside buyers for $136 each. Capacity is 350,000 batteries/year. The
Assembly Division has been buying batteries from outside suppliers for
$130 each.
Should the Electrical Division manager accept the offer? Will an
internal transfer be of any benefit to the company?
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ED manager should accept. There is surplus capacity. So the relevant
costs to the ED is the VC = $72 / battery.
The increased CM to the ED would be 90,000*($104 72) = $2.88 M
The company would be better off with an internal transfer. Currently
paying $130 for batteries that could be made internally for incremental
cost of $72. The company would save 90,000 * (130 72) = $5.22 M
per year!
The TP range = max. of $130 to low of $72
What if there is no excess capacity?? (max. = $130, but min.= $136)

Transferprice:example2

Min.transferprice=incremental(outlay)costs/unittopointoftransfer+
opportunitycost/unittothesupplydivision.
TheSFManufacturingCo.hastwodivisionsinIowa,theSupplyDivisionandtheBUY
Division.Currently,theBUYDivisionbuysapart(3,000units)fromSupplyfor$12.00
perunit.SupplywantstoincreasethepricetoBUYto$15.00.ThecontrollerofBUY
claimsthatshecannotaffordtogothathigh,asitwilldecreasethedivisionsprofitto
nearzero.BUYcanpurchasethepartfromanoutsidesupplierfor$14.00.Thecost
figuresforSupplyare:
DirectMaterials$3.25
DirectLabor4.75
VariableOverhead0.60
FixedOverhead1.20
A.IfSupplyceasestoproducethepartsforBUY,itwillbeabletoavoidonethirdofthe
fixedMOH.Supplyhasnoalternativeusesforitsfacilities.ShouldBUYcontinuetoget
theunitsfromSupplyorstarttopurchasetheunitsfromtheoutsidesupplier?(Fromthe
standpointofSFasawhole).
(Whatisthemin.&max.transferpriceifBUYandSUPPLYnegotiate?)
MAX.TP=$14.00/unit(mostBUYiswillingtopay,marketprice)
MIN.TP=$8.60+(1/3*1.20)=$9.00
MAX>MINsotransferinternallywouldhappenandbeinthebestinterestsofSF!

Now,assumethatSupplycouldusethefacilitiescurrentlyusedtoproducethe3,000
unitsforBUYtomake5,000unitsofadifferentproduct.Thenewproductwillsellfor
$16.00andhasthefollowingcosts:
DirectMaterials$3.00
DirectLabor4.30
VariableOverhead5.40
B.Whatisthemin.&max.transferpriceifBUYandSUPPLYnegotiate?
SupplyVC=$8.60+lostCM
LostCM=$1612.70=$3.30/unitofnewproduct=$16,500totallostCM
OR$16,500/3,000unitstransferredtoBUY=$5.50/unitmadeforBUY
MAX.TP=$14.00
MIN.TP=$8.60+$5.50=$14.10

C.Whatshouldbedonefromthecompanyspointofview?Why?

SFisbetteroffforSUPPLYtomakenewproductandBUYtogetpartfrom
outside.

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