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 4 weeks May 5 weeks June 4 weeks July 4 weeks 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 10
Required: 1. Calculate the production budget for the quarter. (3) 2. Calculate the budgeted labour hours per month. Split the hours between normal time and overtime. (9) 3. Calculate the budgeted labour cost monthly. Split the cost between normal time and overtime.
Solution 1:
Yellow Tree | |||
Production Budget | |||
Quarter ended June 30 | |||
Particulars | April | May | June |
Unit Sales | 1250 | 1500 | 1750 |
Desired Ending Inventory (25% of next month sale) | 375 | 438 | 450 |
Total Needed | 1625 | 1938 | 2200 |
Less: Beginning Inventory | 475 | 375 | 438 |
Budgeted production | 1150 | 1563 | 1762 |
Solution 2:
Yellow Tree | |||
Budgeted labor hour | |||
Quarter ended June 30 | |||
Particulars | April | May | June |
Budgeted production | 1150 | 1563 | 1762 |
Labor houre per unit | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Budgeted labor hours | 3450 | 4689 | 5286 |
Normal Time (hour) | 3200 | 4000 | 4800 |
Overtime (hour) | 250 | 689 | 486 |
Solution 3:
Yellow Tree | |||
Budgeted labor cost | |||
Quarter ended June 30 | |||
Particulars | April | May | June |
Normal Time (hour) | 3200 | 4000 | 4800 |
Overtime (hour) | 250 | 689 | 486 |
Labor rate (Normal) | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 |
Labor rate (Overtime) | 42.25 | 42.25 | 42.25 |
Direct labor cost (Normal) | 104000 | 130000 | 156000 |
Direct labor cost (Overtime) | 10562.5 | 29110.25 | 20533.5 |
Budgeted Direct labor cost | 114562.5 | 159110.25 | 176533.5 |
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