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Sherman Manufacturing Company currently manufactures a component used in one of its products.The annual production costs for 10,000 components are as follows:  Material cost $5 per unit  Labor cost $4 per unit  Overhead $1 per unit  Batch-level set-up costs for the year $5,000 Product-level manager’s salary $18,000 Allocated facility-level costs $12,000\begin{array}{|l|c|}\hline \text { Material cost } & \$ 5 \text { per unit } \\\hline \text { Labor cost } & \$ 4 \text { per unit } \\\hline \text { Overhead } & \$ 1 \text { per unit } \\\hline \text { Batch-level set-up costs for the year } & \$ 5,000 \\\hline \text { Product-level manager's salary } & \$ 18,000 \\\hline \text { Allocated facility-level costs } & \$ 12,000 \\\hline\end{array} An outside company has offered to supply 10,000 units of the component for $12.50 each.If the company outsources the component,it will be able to rent out the idled factory space for $1,000 per month but will not terminate the product manager.
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1)Which items are not relevant to this outsourcing decision?
2)Identify any opportunity costs associated with this decision.
3)Prepare a quantitative analysis that indicates whether the component should be outsourced.

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