2. The sales forecast for Moss follows:
January = 5,000
February = 5,200
March = 5,600
April = 6,000
May = 6,500
June = 7,000
July = 7,500
August = 7,000
(i). Company policy is to keep a target ending inventory of 20% of the next month’s sales. Prepare a production budget for April, may and June.
(ii). Using the information from part (i), prepare a labor usage and purchases budget. It requires 3 hours at $18 per hour.
Production budget :
April | May | June | |
Sales | 6000 | 6500 | 7000 |
Add: Desired ending inventory | 1300 | 1400 | 1500 |
Total | 7300 | 7900 | 8500 |
Less; Beginning inventory | -1200 | -1300 | -1400 |
Production units | 6100 | 6600 | 7100 |
2) Labour budget :
April | May | June | |
Production units | 6100 | 6600 | 7100 |
Labour hour per unit | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Production labour hour | 18300 | 19800 | 21300 |
Rate per hour | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Direct labour cost | 329400 | 356400 | 383400 |
Note : we could not prepare purchase budget without any information of direct material
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