Wesley Power Tools manufactures a wide variety of tools and accessories. One of

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Wesley Power Tools manufactures a wide variety of tools and accessories. One of its more popular items is a cordless power handisaw. Use the following information about this product line to complete the problem requirements. Each handisaw sells for $40. 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 $30 per hour. Each handisaw requires a plastic housing that Wesley purchases from a supplier at a cost of $6.00 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: (Round your intermediate calculations for Direct Labor Budget to 2 decimal places and other intermediate calculations to nearest whole dollar.)

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Production requirement of April : sales + desired Units - Beginning Inventory

                                           = 3700 + (3100*.25) - (3700*.25)

                                          = 3700 + 775 - 925

                                        = 3550

jan Feb mar Total Production requirement 3250 3525 3850 10625 Ending Inventory desired 705 [3525*.2] 770   [3850*.2] 710   [3550*.2] 2185 less:Beginning Inventory (650) [3250*2] (705) (770) (2125) Purchase 3305 3590 3790 10685 Purchase cost per unit 6 6 6 6 Total Purchase cost 19830 21540 22740 64110

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