In: Accounting
You need to prepare the budget for Yellow tree for the quarter ending June 2018. The budget must be prepared monthly. The quarter consists of 13 weeks.
The forecasted sales are as follows:
April 4weeks |
May 5weeks |
June 4weeks |
July 4weeks |
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sales units | 1,250 | 1,500 | 1,750 | 1,800 |
The company’s policy changed the inventory policy to keep closing inventory of completed units at 25% of the following month’s sales. Opening inventory on the 1st of April was 475 units.
The labour information is as follows:
Normal working hours - 8 hours per day.
Weekend work None, only if overtime is required.
Number of employees - 20 currently Additional 10 employees will be employed for the month of June.
Normal time rate - R32.50 per hour.
Overtime rate 30% above normal time rate per hour.
Hours per unit - 3 hours.
Required:
1. Calculate the production budget for the quarter.
2. Calculate the budgeted labour hours per month. Split the hours between normal time and overtime.
3. Calculate the budgeted labour cost monthly. Split the cost between normal time and overtime.