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4,000 10. The production manager of ABC has submitted the following forecast of units to be produced for each quarter of the upcoming fiscal year. Year 2 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3rd Quarter 4 Quarter Units to be produced 5,000 6,000 3,000 Each unit requires 0 20 direct labor-hours and direct labor-hour workers are paid $20 per hour. Required: 1. Construct the company's direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. Construct the company's direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. Instead, assume that the company's direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 1,000 hours of work each quarter. If the number of required direct labor hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 1,000 hours anyway. Any hours worked in excess of 1,000 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor. 1. Assuming that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter, the direct labor budget would be. Ist 2nd 3rd 4th Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter 2. Assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter and that overtime wages are paid the direct labor budget would be: Ist 2nd 3rd 4th Quarter Year Quarter Quarter Quarter

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