Question - Company manufactures telephone handsets. Decision made to make a push for labor and overhead cost controls because of increased overseas competition.
Data related to labor costs and manufacturing overhead.
Production budgets for period ending June 30:
January units: 25,000
February units: 27,000
March units: 32,000
April units: 28,500
May units: 31,400
June units: 34,500
Each phone requires 2.5 hours direct labor.
Company applies manufacturing overhead to production at the rate of $7 per direct labor hour.
(*projected direct labor cost in January: $937,500)
A. What is the direct labor budget for January through June? Direct labor averages $15 per hour.
B. What is the manufacturing overhead budget for the same period?