Direct materials budget for the upcoming fiscal year


The production department of Priston Company has submitted the following forecast of units to be produced by quarter for the upcoming fiscal year.


1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
  Units to be produced 11,000 12,000 13,000 10,000

In addition, the beginning raw materials inventory for the 1st Quarter is budgeted to be 6,600 pounds and the beginning accounts payable for the 1st Quarter is budgeted to be $20,900.

 Each unit requires four pounds of raw material that costs $2.00 per pound. Management desires to end each quarter with a raw materials inventory equal to 15% of the following quarter's production needs. The desired ending inventory for the 4th Quarter is 7,500 pounds. Management plans to pay for 60% of raw material purchases in the quarter acquired and 40% in the following quarter. Each unit requires 0.5 direct labor-hours and direct labor-hour workers are paid $10 per hour.

Required:
1a.

Prepare the company's direct materials budget for the upcoming fiscal year. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input all amounts as positive values. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Priston Company
Direct Materials Budget

      1st Quarter       2nd Quarter       3rd Quarter       4th Quarter       Year
  Production needs - pounds



  
  (Click to select)AddDeduct: (Click to select)Beginning inventoryEnding inventory



  






  Total needs - pounds



  
  (Click to select)AddDeduct: (Click to select)Beginning inventoryEnding inventory



  






  Raw materials to be purchased - pounds



  






  Cost of raw materials to be purchased $ $ $ $ $   







1b.

Prepare a schedule of expected cash disbursements for purchases of materials for the upcoming fiscal year. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Priston Company
Schedule of Expected Cash Disbursements for Materials

      1st Quarter       2nd Quarter       3rd Quarter       4th Quarter       Year
  Accounts payable, beginning balance $    $    $    $    $   
  1st Quarter purchases               
  2nd Quarter purchases               
  3rd Quarter purchases               
  4th Quarter purchases               






  Total cash disbursements for materials $    $    $    $    $   







2.

Complete the company's direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Priston Company
Direct Labor Budget

      1st Quarter       2nd Quarter       3rd Quarter       4th Quarter       Year
  Total direct labor-hours needed               
  Total direct labor cost $    $    $    $    $   

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