Exercise 7-4 Preparing Direct Materials and Direct Labour Budgets (LO2 - CC8, 9) (Algo) The production department of Headstrong Company has submitted the following forecast of units to be produced by quarter for the upcoming fiscal year. 1-b. Prepare the schedule of expected cash disbursements for materials for the upcoming fiscal year. (Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Headstrong Company Schedule of Expected Cash Disbursements for Materials Units to be produced 1st Quarter 8,400 2nd 3rd 4th 9,400 Quarter Quarter Quarter 7,400 6,400 Accounts payable, beginning balance 1st Quarter purchase In addition, the beginning raw materials inventory for the first quarter is budgeted to be 2,100 kilograms and the beginning accounts payable for the first quarter are budgeted to be $3,640. Each unit requires 3.4 kg of raw material that costs $2.80 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 2.550 kilograms. Management plans to pay for 80% of raw material purchases in the quarter acquired and 20% in the following quarter. Each unit requires 0.6 direct labour-hours, and direct labour-hour workers are paid $21.0 per hour. Required: 1-8. Prepare the company's direct materials budget. (Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) 2nd Quarter purchase 3rd Quarter purchase 4th Quarter purchase Total cash disbursements for materials Production needs (kilograms) Add Desired ending inventory Total needs (kilograms) Deduct: Beginning inventory Raw materials to be purchased (kilograms) Cost of raw materials to be purchased Headstrong Company Direct Materials Budget 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Year 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 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. (Do not round intermediate calculations.) Headstrong Company Direct Labour Budget 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Year Total direct labour-hours needed Total direct labour cost
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