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:

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

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:

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

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 $44. Wesley expects the following unit sales:

Wesley’s ending finished goods inventory policy is 30 percent of the next month’s sales.
       Suppose each handisaw takes approximately .60 hours to manufacture, and Wesley pays an average labor wage of $20 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 20 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: (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

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 $52. Wesley expects the following unit sales:

Wesley’s ending finished goods inventory policy is 25 percent of the next month’s sales.
       Suppose each handisaw takes approximately .60 hours to manufacture, and Wesley pays an average labor wage of $28 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 20 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: (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

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 $46. Wesley expects the following unit sales:

Wesley’s ending finished goods inventory policy is 25 percent of the next month’s sales.

Suppose each handisaw takes approximately 0.60 hours to manufacture, and Wesley pays an average labor wage of $22 per hour.

Each handisaw requires a plastic housing that Wesley purchases from a supplier at a cost of $5.00 each. The company has an ending direct materials inventory policy of 20 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:
Compute the following for the first quarter: (Round your intermediate calculations to nearest whole dollar.)

Santana Rey expects second-quarter 2020 sales of Business Solutions’s line of computer furniture to be the same as the first quarter’s sales (reported below) without any changes in strategy. Monthly sales averaged 39 desk units (sales price of $1,200) and 15 chairs (sales price of $450).

* Reflects revenue and expense activity only related to the computer furniture segment.
† Revenue: (117 desks × $1,200) + (45 chairs × $450) = $140,400 + $20,250 = $160,650
‡ Cost of goods sold: (117 desks × $700) + (45 chairs × $200) + $28,500 = $119,400

Santana Rey believes that sales will increase each month for the next three months (April, 47 desks, 27 chairs; May, 51 desks, 30 chairs; June, 55 desks, 33 chairs) if selling prices are reduced to $1,080 for desks and $400 for chairs and advertising expenses are increased by 10% and remain at that level for all three months. The products’ variable cost will remain at $700 for desks and $200 for chairs. The sales staff will continue to earn a 10% commission, the fixed manufacturing costs per month will remain at $9,500 and other fixed expenses will remain at $5,500 per month.

Required:
1. Prepare budgeted income statements for the computer furniture segment for each of the months of April, May, and June that show the expected results from implementing the proposed changes. Use a three-column format, with one column for each month.
2. Recommend whether Santana should implement the proposed changes. Hint: Compare quarterly income for the proposed April-May-June period to the quarterly income for the January-February-March period.

David Ricardo was the first economist to elaborate the theory of comparative advantage in his book On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. Ricardo wrote:

Under a system of perfectly free commerce, each country naturally devotes its capital and labour to such employments as are most beneficial to each. This pursuit of individual advantage is admirably connected with the universal good of the whole . . . It is this principle, which determines that wine shall be made in France and Portugal, that corn shall be grown in America and Poland, and that hardware and other goods shall be manufactured in England. (1817, p. 188)

Read more at On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation

Think about the 10-year historical period of 2000-2010. Identify trade policies of the time and discuss the following points:

• What are the main goods and services the United States traded internationally?
• What trade barriers were in place during that decade?
• What are two pros and two cons of the trade barriers used?

The company sells a single product at a price of $60 per unit. The estimated sales volume for the next six months is as follows:

September October . . November December January . . February. .

13,000 units 12,000 units 14,000 units 20,000 units

9,000 units 10,000 units

All sales are on account. The company’s collection experience has been
that 32% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale, 64% are collected in the month following the sale, and 4% are uncollectible. It is expected that the net realizable value of accounts receivable (i.e., accounts receivable less allow- ance for uncollectible accounts) will be $499,200 on September 30, 2013. Management’s policy is to maintain ending finished goods inventory each month at a level equal to 40% of the next month’s budgeted sales. The fin- ished goods inventory on September 30, 2013, is expected to be 4,800 units. To make one unit of finished product, 5 pounds of materials are required. Management’s policy is to have enough materials on hand at the end of each month to equal 30% of the next month’s estimated usage. The raw materials inventory is expected to be 19,200 pounds on September 30, 2013.
The cost per pound of raw material is $4, and 70% of all purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder is paid in the following month. The accounts payable for raw material purchases is expected to be $75,960 on September 30, 2013.

Required:

1. Prepare a sales budget in units and dollars, by month and in total, for the fourth quarter (October, November, and December) of 2013.

2. Prepare a schedule of cash collections from sales, by month and in total, for the fourth quarter of 2013.

3. Prepare a production budget in units, by month and in total, for the fourth quarter of 2013.

4. Prepare a materials purchases budget in pounds, by month and in total, for the fourth quarter of 2013.

5. Prepare a schedule of cash payments for materials, by month and in total, for the fourth quarter of 2013.

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