Ash Company manufactures telephone handsets under various brand names. The company has built a strong reputation based on quality telephones and has been profitable for a number of years. Harriman Lasiter, the companys president, has decided to make a significant push for labor and overhead cost controls in the coming months because of increased overseas competition. Harriman has asked the marketing and accounting departments to provide data related to labor costs and manufacturing overhead. Production budgets for the period ending June 30 are as follows:

Month Units / Month Units

January 25,000

April 28,500

February 27,000

May 31,400

March 32,000

June 34,500

Each telephone requires 2.5 hours of direct labor for assembly and testing.

The company currently applies manufacturing overhead to production at the rate of $7 per direct labor hour. Prepare a direct labor budget for January through June. Direct labor averages $15 per hour. B. Prepare a manufacturing overhead budget for the same period.