Company Simple Laminates brothers Inc. is producing impregnated papers for the furniture industry. Following information of the parts of the product. Material base Product Plastic Melamine Phenol Pallets Paper Melamine resin Phenolic resin Packaging Direct Material Impregnated paper units 70gr 70gr 65gr 1 cost per Kg 3 2,25 2,15 50 cost per 4500 Melamine Phenol product product sqm cost per sqm 0,21 0,1575 90 0,02 0,3875 0,21 0,13975 0,018 0,36775 In order to produce the products, the company has 6 direct employees per shift preparing impregnated papers at an annual cost of 30.000 per employee. The employees have a working schedule of 1750 hours per year. The production site works with a 3-shift schedule, 24 hours per day. To coordinate the production we have a foreman, with a total annual cost of 50.000 per year. If there is a need for more direct labor the company has the chance to use overtime with the existing employees at actual cost per hour with an increase of 50%. The production facility has two production lines operated by 3 employees each at the same time. The company pays a rent for the production hall of 5.000 per month, and the utilities expenses are expected to be of 500 per month, fixed and a variable cost of 0,005 per sqm. The sales organization has one customer service with an annual cost of 33.500, and the support of an external agent that takes a 5% commission over sales. The administration of the company has two persons in the accounting department, with an annual cost of 25.000 each. The machines run at 50 linear meters per minute, and the product has a width of 2 meters. Our quarterly sales budget for 2019 is: Unit sales melamine Unit sales phenol Q1 Q distribution % of sales Production days according to calendar 7.776.000 7.698.240 Q1 Q2 65 02 2019 03 11.289.600 11.016.000 1.140.250 10.795.680 The sales price for melamine products is 45cents, and the price for the phenolic is 40 cents. This is the production calendar that the company has agreed with its union. 70 2019 Q3 04 65 04 Total 741.600 30.823.200 763.848 20.398.018 18,75 Total 218,75 1.- Prepare a Quarterly budget for the year 2019, taking into consideration that you have to prepare first a production scheduling. Beginning inventory is 1.000.000 units, and the desired ending inventory for the end of the first Q 900.000, at the end of the Q2 800.000, at the end of Q3 600.000 and 1.000.000 at the end of the year 2019. The company has an agreement with the unions that allows them to use overtime on every month that they have a lack of capacity to fulfill the market demand. 2.- Do you think you should change your production calendar to improve your results? Prepare a new production schedule that maximizes the company results. Prepare a Quarterly budget in line with the "adjusted" budget. 3.- For the year 2020, the market situation has changed, Phenol sales units drop 1.000.000 every quarter compared to 1919 and melamine products increase in 1.500.000 every quarter. Raw materials cost has also changed both melamine and phenol resins have a prices per Kg of 2.