In: Accounting
Wesley Power Tools manufactures a wide variety of tools and
accessories. One of its more popular items is a cordless power
handisaw. Each handisaw sells for $36. Wesley expects the following
unit sales:
January | 2,800 |
February | 3,000 |
March | 3,500 |
April | 3,300 |
May | 2,700 |
Wesley’s ending finished goods inventory policy is 20 percent of
the next month’s sales.
Suppose each handisaw
takes approximately .75 hours to manufacture, and Wesley pays an
average labor wage of $26 per hour.
Each handisaw requires a
plastic housing that Wesley purchases from a supplier at a cost of
$7.00 each. The company has an ending raw materials inventory
policy of 25 percent of the following month’s production
requirements. Materials other than the housing unit total $4.50 per
handisaw.
Manufacturing overhead
for this product includes $72,000 annual fixed overhead (based on
production of 27,000 units) and $1.20 per unit variable
manufacturing overhead. Wesley’s selling expenses are 7 percent of
sales dollars, and administrative expenses are fixed at $18,000 per
month.
Required:
1. Compute the following for the first quarter
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Solution 1:
Budgeted Sales Revenue - Wesley Power | ||||
Particulars | January | February | March | 1st Quarter Total |
Expected sales units | 2800 | 3000 | 3500 | 9300 |
Selling price per unit | $36.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 |
Budgeted Sales Revenue | $1,00,800 | $1,08,000 | $1,26,000 | $3,34,800 |
Solution 2:
Production Budget in Units - Wesley Power Tool | |||||
Particulars | January | Feburary | March | 1st Quarter Total | April |
Expected sales units | 2800 | 3000 | 3500 | 9300 | 3300 |
Add: ending inventory (20% of next month sales) | 600 | 700 | 660 | 660 | 540 |
Less: Beginning inventory | 560 | 600 | 700 | 560 | 660 |
Estimated production in units | 2840 | 3100 | 3460 | 9400 | 3180 |
Solution 3:
Budgeted Cost of raw material purchases of Plastic Housings - Wesley Power Tool | ||||
Particulars | January | Feburary | March | 1st Quarter Total |
Budgeted Production units | 2840 | 3100 | 3460 | 9400 |
Plastic housing per unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Estimated consumption of Plastic Housings | 2840 | 3100 | 3460 | 9400 |
Add: ending inventory (25% of next month's needs) | 775 | 865 | 795 | 795 |
Less: Beginning inventory | 710 | 775 | 865 | 710 |
Budgeted purchase units of Plastic housing | 2905 | 3190 | 3390 | 9485 |
Cost per unit of Plastic housing | $7.00 | $7.00 | $7.00 | $7.00 |
Budgeted cost of raw material purchases | $20,335 | $22,330 | $23,730 | $66,395 |
Solution 4:
Budgeted Direct labor cost - Wesely Power Tool | ||||
Particulars | January | Feburary | March | 1st Quarter Total |
Budgeted Production units | 2840 | 3100 | 3460 | 9400 |
Direct labor hours per unit | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 |
Budgeted direct labor hours | 2130 | 2325 | 2595 | 7050 |
direct labor cost per hour | $26.00 | $26.00 | $26.00 | $26.00 |
Budgeted direct labor cost | $55,380 | $60,450 | $67,470 | $1,83,300 |