EXERCISE 8-16 Direct Materials and Direct Labor Budgets LO8-4, LO8-5 The production department of Zan Corporation has submitted the following forecast of units to be produced by quarter for the upcoming fiscal year: In addition, 6,000 grams of raw materials inventory is on hand at the start of the 1st Quarter and the beginning accounts payable for the 1 st Quarter is $2,880. Each unit requires 8 grams of raw material that costs $1.20 per gram. Management desires to end each quarter with an inventory of raw materials equal to 25% of the following quarter's production needs. The desired ending inventory for the 4th Quarter is 8,000 grams. Management plans to pay for 60% of raw material purchases in the quarter acquired and 40% in the following quarter. Each unit requires 0.20 direct labor-hours and direct laborers are paid $11.50 per hour. Required: 1. Calculate the estimated grams of raw material that need to be purchased each quarter and for the year as a whole (Hint: Refer to Schedule 3 for guidance). 2. Calculate the cost of raw material purchases for each quarter and for the year as a whole (Hint: Refer to Schedule 3 for guidance). 3. Calculate the expected cash disbursements for purchases of materials for each quarter and for the year as a whole (Hint: Refer to Schedule 3 for guidance). 4. Calculate the estimated direct labor cost for each quarter and for the year as a whole. Assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the estimated number of units produced (Hint: Refer to Schedule 4 for guidance)