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EXERCISE 7-4 Preparing Direct Materials and Direct Labour Budgets [LO2 CC7, 8) The production department of Hareston Company has submitted the following forecast of units to be produced by quarter for the upcoming fiscal year 4th lst Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter 2nd 3rd Units to be produced 7,000 8,000 6,000 5,000 In addition, the beginning raw materials inventory for the first quarter is budgeted to be 1,400 kilograms and the beginning accounts payable for the first quarter are budgeted to be S2.940. Each unit requires two kilograms of raw material that costs $1.40 per kilogram. Management desires to end each quarter with an inventory of raw materials equal to 10% of the following quarter's production needs. The desired ending inventory for the fourth quarter is 1,500 kilograms. Management plans to pay for 80% of raw material purchases in the quarter acquired and 20% in the following quarter. Each unit requires 0.60 direct labour-hours, and direct labour-hour workers are paid $14 per hour Required: 1. Prepare the company's direct materials budget and schedule of expected cash disbursements for materials for the upcoming fiscal year 2. Prepare the company's direct labour budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labour workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. XFRCISE 7-5

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Direct materials purchase budget Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter total Units to be produced from production budget 7,000 8,000 6,000 5,000 26,000 Direct materials per unit (kg) 2 2 2 2 2 total direct materials needed for production (kgs) 14,000 16,000 12,000 10,000 52,000 add:Desired ending direct materials 1,600 1,200 1,000 1,500 1,500 total needs 15,600 17,200 13,000 11,500 53,500 less:opening direct materials -1,400 -1,600 -1,200 -1,000 -1,400 direct material purchases 14,200 15,600 11,800 10,500 52,100 cost per kg 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 cost of direct material purchases 19880 21840 16520 14700 72940 Direct labor budget Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter total units ot be produced from production budget 7,000 8,000 6,000 5,000 26,000 direct labor hours per unit 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 total diret labor hours needed 4200 4800 3600 3000 15600 direct labor cost per hour 14 14 14 14 14 cost of labor 58800 67200 50400 42000 218400

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