Make or buy analysis

  • also called outsourcing decision
  • subtractors may be more productive and cost effective

Contribution

yeah

Absorption

  • a cost is directly attributable to a product
  • contribution does not allocate fixed costs between profit and/or cost centers
  • absorption costing calculates the cost of a product by considering indirect expenses + direct expenses
  • you split costs between departments
  • for example, in your 200 sq.ft. facility with 5 department, one uses 4 square feet so 2% your total rent