How is budgeting for a multinational corporation can be different than budgeting for a corporation that is strictly domestic? What key considerations should managers evaluate in the budget preparation process?

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EFE company manufactures and sells boats. The company’s management accountant gathered the following data to prepare budgets for 2012;

 

        Direct Materials                                 Requirements

Material A                                           12 metres per boat

Material B                                 14 square meter per boat

 

Inventory data of Direct Materials are;

 

Beginning Inventory

Material A

5.000 meters

Material B

2.400 square meters

 

Inventory data of Finished Goods are;

 

 

Beginning Inventory

Target Ending Inventory

Boats

1.000 units

3.000 units

 

Moreover, unit purchase price of material A was $60 and unit purchase price of material B was $10. For the coming year 2021 it is expected that unit purchase price of material A will be $64 and unit purchase price of material B will not change. The company uses FIFO inventory method. Labor hours required to produce 1 boat is 3 hours and the company plans to pay $12 per hour. Company budgeted manufacturing overhead rate of $6 per labor hour. 

Finally, the company expects to sell 4000 boats in 2021 at an average unit selling price of $6000.

a) How is budgeting for a multinational corporation can be different than budgeting for a corporation that is strictly domestic? What key considerations should managers evaluate in the budget preparation process?

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