2021 January February March 16,000 18,000 7,000 58.00 $ 52.00 $ 52.00 $ 2.0 2.0 1.5 $ 10.00 $ 10.00 $ 10.00 $ Estimated sales in units Selling price Direct manufacturing labor-hours per unit Wage per direct manufacturing labor-hour April 9,000 52.00 $ 1.5 May 9,000 52.00 1.5 14.00 $ 14.00 In addition to wages, direct manufacturing labor-related costs include pension contributions of $0.50 per hour, worker's compensation insurance of $0.20 per hour, employee medical insurance of $0.40 per hour, and Social Security taxes. Assume that as of January 1, 2021, the Social Security tax rates are 7.5% for employers and 7.5% for employees. The cost of employee benefits paid by Wickham on its direct manufacturing employees is treated as a direct manufacturing labor cost. Wickham has a labor contract that calls for a wage increase to $14 per hour on April 1, 2021. New labor-saving machinery has been installed and will be fully operational by March 1, 2021. Wickham expects to have 21,500 frames on hand at December 31, 2020, and it has a policy of carrying an end-of-month inventory of 100% of the following month's sales plus 50% of the second following month's sales, 1. Prepare a production budget and a direct manufacturing labor cost budget for Wickham Company by month and for the first quarter of 2021. You may combine both budgets in one schedule. The direct manufacturing labor cost budget should include labor-hours and show the details for each labor cost category 2. What actions has the budget process prompted Wickham's management to take? 3. How might Wickham's managers use the budget developed in requirement 1 to better manage the company