Exercise 7-4 Preparing Direct Materials and Direct Labour Budgets (LO2 - CC7, 8) - EDITED

The production department of Hareston Company has submitted the following forecast of units to be produced by quarter for the upcoming fiscal year:

	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter
Units to be produced	7,500	8,500	6,500	5,500

In addition, the beginning raw materials inventory for the first quarter is budgeted to be 1,650 kilograms and the beginning accounts payable for the first quarter are budgeted to be $3,190.

Each unit requires 2.5 kilograms of raw material that costs $1.90 per kilogram. Management desires to end each quarter with an inventory of raw materials equal to 10% of the following quarters production needs. The desired ending inventory for the fourth quarter is 1,875 kilograms. Management plans to pay for 80% of raw material purchases in the quarter acquired and 20% in the following quarter. Each unit requires 0.6 direct labour-hours, and direct labour-hour workers are paid $16.5 per hour.

Required:

1. Prepare the company's direct materials budget. (Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

2. Prepare the companys direct labour budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labour workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)