Leitner Manufacturing, Inc., produces control valves used in the production of oil field equipment. The control valves are sold to various gas and oil engineering companies throughout the United States. Projected sales in units for the coming four months are as follows:

The following data pertain to production policies and manufacturing specifications followed by Leitner:

a. Finished goods inventory on January 1 is 13,000 units. The desired ending inventory for each month is 70 percent of the next month’s sales.

b. The data on materials used are as follows:

Inventory policy dictates that sufficient materials be on hand at the beginning of the month to produce 50 percent of that month’s estimated sales. This is exactly the amount of material on hand on January 1.

c. The direct labor used per unit of output is two hours. The average direct labor cost per hour is $15.

d. Overhead each month is estimated using a flexible budget formula. (Activity is measured in direct labor hours.)LO1

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