Bryant Company has a factory machine with a book value of $93,100 and a remaining useful life of 5 years. It can be sold for $27,200. A new machine is available at a cost of $430,400. This machine will have a 5-year useful life with no salvage value. The new machine will lower annual variable manufacturing costs from $592,600 to $505,500. Prepare an analysis showing whether the old machine should be retained or replaced.

The old machine should be replaced.

Explanation:

Note: See the attached excel file for the the analysis showing whether the old machine should be retained or replaced.

From the attached excel file, the following calculation are made:

Variable Manufacturing cost of Retain = Initial Variable Manufacturing cost * remaining useful life of old machine = $592,600 * 5 = $2,963,000

Variable Manufacturing cost of Replace = New Variable Manufacturing cost * Remaining useful life of new machine = $505,500 * 5 = $2,527,500

From the attached excel, it can be observed that the total cost of Retain is $32,200 higher than the total cost of Replace. This therefore implies that the old machine should be replaced.