Wesley Power Tools manufactures a wide variety of tools andaccessories. One of its more popular items is a cordless powerhandisaw. Each handisaw sells for $46. Wesley expects the followingunit sales:
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January | 3,800 |
February | 4,000 |
March | 4,500 |
April | 4,300 |
May | 3,700 |
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Wesley’s ending finished goods inventory policy is 25 percent ofthe next month’s sales.
Suppose each handisaw takes approximately 0.60 hours tomanufacture, and Wesley pays an average labor wage of $22 perhour.
Each handisaw requires a plastic housing that Wesley purchases froma supplier at a cost of $5.00 each. The company has an endingdirect materials inventory policy of 20 percent of the followingmonth’s production requirements. Materials other than the housingunit total $4.50 per handisaw.
Manufacturing overhead for this product includes $72,000 annualfixed overhead (based on production of 27,000 units) and $1.20 perunit variable manufacturing overhead. Wesley’s selling expenses are7 percent of sales dollars, and administrative expenses are fixedat $18,000 per month.
Required:
Compute the following for the first quarter: (Round yourintermediate calculations to nearest whole dollar.)
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| | | January | February | March | 1st Quarter total | 1. | Budgeted Sales Revenue | | | | $0 | 2. | Budgeted Production in Units | | | | 0 | 3. | Budgeted Cost of Direct MaterialsPurchases for the Plastic Housings | | | | $0 | 4. | Budgeted Direct Labor Cost | | | | $0 |
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