143. Borland Company makes backpacks. Its production budget for two months is:
Budgeted production in units
Borland uses two types of labor to make the backpacks: cutting labor and sewing labor. Each backpack requires six minutes, on average, of cutting
labor. Each backpack requires twenty-four minutes of sewing labor.
Borland has fixed overhead of $4,400 per month and variable overhead of $3 per direct labor hour.
How many hours of cutting labor are budgeted for July?
How many hours of sewing labor are budgeted for July?
What is the total amount of budgeted direct labor hours for July?
What is the budgeted total overhead for the month of July?
144. Abrams Bottling Company sells fruit-flavored colas. Estimated sales in cartons for May, June, and July are
1,000, 3,000 and 5,000 respectively. The price is forecast at $5 per carton. Abrams requires that finished goods
ending inventory be 20 percent of the next month’s sales. Inventory was 500 units on May 1. Each carton
requires 12 oz of fruit syrup and 130 oz of carbonated water. Materials ending inventory is 10 percent of the
next month’s production needs. May 1 inventory met that requirement.
Budgeted revenue for May is $__________________.
Budgeted revenue for July is $__________________.
Production in May is __________________ cartons.
Production in June is __________________ cartons.
Purchases of syrup in May is __________________ ounces.
Purchases of carbonated water in May is __________________ ounces.
Budgeted revenue for May = $5,000
Budgeted revenue for July = $25,000
Production in May = 1,100 cartons.
[1,100 = 1,000 + 600 – 500]
Production in June = 3,400 cartons.
[3,400 = 3,000 + 1,000 – 600]
Purchases of syrup in May = 15,960 ounces.
Purchases of carbonated water in May = 172,900 ounces.
A.
Budgeted cutting labor = (6/60)50,000 = 5,000 hours
B.
Budgeted sewing labor = (24/60)50,000 = 20,000 hours
C.
Budgeted direct labor hours = 5,000 + 20,000 = 25,000
D.
Budgeted total overhead = $4,400 + $3(25,000) = $79,400