Symphony Electronics produces wireless speakers for outdoor use on patios, decks, etc. Their most popular model is the All Weather and requires four separate XL12 components per unit. The company is now planning raw material needs for the second quarter. Sales of the All Weather are the highest in the second quarter of each year as customers prepare for the summer season. The company has the following inventory requirements: a. The finished goods inventory on hand at the end of each month must be equal to 16,500 units plus 10% of the next month's sales. The finished goods inventory on March 31 is budgeted to be 25,000 units. b. The raw materials inventory on hand at the end of each month must be equal to 20% of the following month's production needs for raw materials. The raw materials inventory on March 31 for XL 12 is budgeted to be 98,500 components. c. The company maintains no work in process inventories. A sales budget for the All Weather speaker is as follows: April May June July August Budgeted Sales in Units 124,000 143,000 220,000 120,000 58,100 Required: 1. Prepare a production budget for the All Weather for April, May, June and July. Budgeted sales (units) Total needs Required production April May June July 2. Prepare a direct materials purchases budget showing the quantity of XL 12 components to be purchased for April, May and June and for the quarter in total. Required production (units) XL 12 components needed per unit Production needs Total XL 12 needs Material XL 12 purchases Second April May June Quarter

Black Diamond Company produces snow skis. Each ski requires 3 pounds of carbon fiber. The company’s management predicts that 5,500 skis and 6,500 pounds of carbon fiber will be in inventory on June 30 of the current year and that 155,000 skis will be sold during the next (third) quarter. A set of two skis sells for $350. Management wants to end the third quarter with 4,000 skis and 4,500 pounds of carbon fiber in inventory. Carbon fiber can be purchased for $20 per pound. Each ski requires 0.4 hours of direct labor at $25 per hour. Variable overhead is applied at the rate of $13 per direct labor hour. The company budgets fixed overhead of $1,787,000 for the quarter.  Prepare the direct labor budget for the third quarter.     BLACK DIAMOND COMPANY Direct Labor Budget Third Quarter Units to be produced           Total labor hours needed           Budgeted direct labor cost

A book publishing company is planning its inventory. The cost to store one book is $4 per month. The cost for a production run is $8 per run and $0.50 per book. The company sells 3,600 books per month. How many should be in a production run to minimize inventory costs?

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Iguana, Inc., manufactures bamboo picture frames that sell for $30 each. Each frame requires 4 linear feet of bamboo, which costs $2.50 per foot. Each frame takes approximately 30 minutes to build, and the labor rate averages $12 per hour. Iguana has the following inventory policies: Ending finished goods inventory should be 40 percent of next month’s sales. Ending direct materials inventory should be 30 percent of next month’s production. Expected unit sales (frames) for the upcoming months follow:      March 280 April 260 May 310 June 410 July 385 August 435   Variable manufacturing overhead is incurred at a rate of $0.40 per unit produced. Annual fixed manufacturing overhead is estimated to be $7,800 ($650 per month) for expected production of 3,000 units for the year. Selling and administrative expenses are estimated at $700 per month plus $0.50 per unit sold. Iguana, Inc., had $10,900 cash on hand on April 1. Of its sales, 80 percent is in cash. Of the credit…

Hurtt’s Java Seeds is an independent roaster of specialty coffee beans. The company budgets 2 months ahead, so that in early January, it is time to plan for March. During March, the company plans to sell 40,000 pounds of beans. At the end of February, the company expects to have 3,000 pounds of raw green coffee beans (costing $5,000) and 800 pounds of roasted beans (costing $4,200) in inventory. Hurtt’s would like to have 1,100 pounds of green coffee beans and 500 pounds of roasted beans in inventory at the end of March. Hurtt’s purchases green coffee beans from the grower at $3 per pound and sells the roasted beans for $13 per pound.    Hurtt’s roasters hold 25 pounds of green coffee beans. It takes 19 minutes to roast the beans to perfection. Because the roaster must be monitored by an employee at all times, each batch requires 0.30 direct labor hours. During the roasting process, the green beans lose 25% of their weight, so that 1.25 pounds of green (raw) beans must be used to…

Iguana, Inc., manufactures bamboo picture frames that sell for $25 each. Each frame requires 4 linear feet of bamboo, which costs $2.50 per foot. Each frame takes approximately 30 minutes to build, and the labor rate averages $14 per hour. Iguana has the following inventory policies: • Ending finished goods inventory should be 40 percent of next month's sales. Ending direct materials inventory should be 30 percent of next month's production. Expected unit sales (frames) for the upcoming months follow: March April May June July August 315 330 380 480 455 505 Variable manufacturing overhead is incurred at a rate of $0.60 per unit produced. Annual fixed manufacturing overhead is estimated to be $7,200 ($600 per month) for expected production of 3,000 units for the year. Selling and administrative expenses are estimated at $650 per month plus $0.50 per unit sold. Iguana, Inc., had $11,000 cash on hand on April 1. Of its sales, 80 percent is in cash. Of the credit sales, 50 percent is…

Hello Company makes three different products. Due to the constraints of their manufacturing equipment and warehouse facility, the company is only able to produce, store, and sell a total of 50,000 units each month. The production of Products A and B varies each month; however, Product C is a special order for one customer who purchases the same number of units every month. Pete Davila, the CEO, has |provided the following data from last month for each product. Income Statement Product A Product B Product C Мax Cарacity 5,000 8.00 $ 2.00 $ Units 43,000 10.00 $ 3.00 $ 20,000 $ 2,000 50,000 Price per unit Variable expense per unit $ $ $ 50.00 15.00 $ 20.00 Total Fixed Costs 40,000 $ 10,000 Product Sales $ 430,000 $ 40,000 $ 100,000 $ 570,000 (169,000) 401,000 (70,000) 331,000 Variable Costs (129,000) (10,000) 30,000 $ (30,000) 70,000 $ Contribution Margin $ 301,000 $ Fixed Costs (20,000) 281,000 (40,000) (10,000) (10,000) 60,000 $ Operating income (loss) Required Using the Data Table…

Sacco Industries manufactures a popular interactive stuffed animal for children that requires three computer chips inside each toy. The company pays $2 for each computer chip. To help to guard against stockouts of the computer chip, Sacco Industries has a policy that states that the ending inventory of computer chips should be at least 25% of the following month's production needs. The production schedule for the first four months of the year is as follows: E (Click the icon to view the production schedule.) Requirement Prepare a direct materials budget for the first quarter that shows both the number of computer chips needed and the dollar amount of the purchases in the budget. ..... Prepare the direct materials budget by first calculating the total quantity needed, then complete the budget. Sacco Industries Direct Materials Budget - X For the Months of January through March Data table January February March Quarter Units to be produced 5,600 4,800 4,200 14,600 Stuffed animals to be…