Question

Direct Materials Purchases Budget: Direct Labor Budget

Crescent Company produces stuffed toy animals; one of these is “Arabeau the Cow.” Each Arabeau takes 0.20 yard of fabric (white with irregular black splotches) and 10 ounces of polyfiberfill. Fabric costs $3.40 per yard and polyfiberfill is $0.05 per ounce. Crescent has budgeted production of Arabeaus for the next four months as follows:

	Units
October	41,000
November	90,000
December	60,000
January	40,000

Inventory policy requires that sufficient fabric be in ending monthly inventory to satisfy 20 percent of the following month’s production needs and sufficient polyfiberfill be in inventory to satisfy 40 percent of the following month’s production needs. Inventory of fabric and polyfiberfill at the beginning of October equals exactly the amount needed to satisfy the inventory policy.

Each Arabeau produced requires (on average) 0.10 direct labor hour. The average cost of direct labor is $15 per hour.

Required:

1. Prepare a direct materials purchases budget of fabric for the last quarter of the year showing purchases in units and in dollars for each month and for the quarter in total. Round your answers to the nearest cent, if required.

Crescent Company
Direct Materials Purchases Budget for Fabric
For the Fourth Quarter
	October	November	December	Total
Units produced
DM per unit (yd.)
Production needs
Desired ending inventory (yd.)
Total needed
Less: Beginning inventory
DM to be purchased (yd.)
Cost per yard	$	$	$	$
Total purchase cost	$	$	$	$

Feedback

The purchases amount can be determined by considering beginning and ending (desired) inventory amounts. Also, consider expected usage.

2. Prepare a direct materials purchases budget of polyfiberfill for the last quarter of the year showing purchases in units and in dollars for each month and for the quarter in total. Round your answers to the nearest cent, if required.

Crescent Company
Direct Materials Purchases Budget for Polyfiberfill
For the Fourth Quarter
	October	November	December	Total
Units produced
DM per unit (oz.)
Production needs
Desired ending inventory (oz.)
Total needed
Less: Beginning inventory
DM to be purchased (oz.)
Cost per ounce	$	$	$	$
Total purchase cost	$	$	$	$

Feedback

See Cornerstone 8.3

3. Prepare a direct labor budget for the last quarter of the year showing the hours needed and the direct labor cost for each month and for the quarter in total. Round your answers to the nearest cent, if required.

Crescent Company
Direct Labor Budget
For the Fourth Quarter
	October	November	December	Total
Units produced
Direct labor time per unit (hours)
Direct labor hours needed
Cost per direct labor hour	$	$	$	$
Total direct labor cost	$	$	$	$

Answer 1

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