Exercise 8-3 (Algo) Direct Materials Budget [LO8-4]

Four grams of musk oil are required for each bottle of Mink Caress, a very popular perfume made by a small company in western Siberia. The cost of the musk oil is $1.60 per gram. Budgeted production of Mink Caress is given below by quarters for Year 2 and for the first quarter of Year 3:

	Year 2					Year 3
	First	Second	Third	Fourth		First
Budgeted production, in bottles	90,000	120,000	180,000	130,000		100,000

The inventory of musk oil at the end of a quarter must be equal to 20% of the following quarters production needs. Some 72,000 grams of musk oil will be on hand to start the first quarter of Year 2.

Required:

Prepare a direct materials budget for musk oil, by quarter and in total, for Year 2.

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The production manager of Rordan Corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year:

	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter
Units to be produced	10,600	8,500	7,000	11,100

Each unit requires 0.35 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour.

Required:

1. Prepare the companys direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. (Round "Direct labor time per unit (hours)" answers to 2 decimal places.)

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Exercise 8-7 (Algo) Cash Budget [LO8-8]

Garden Depot is a retailer that is preparing its budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Management has prepared the following summary of its budgeted cash flows:

	1st Quarter		2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter		4th Quarter
Total cash receipts	$	360,000	$	480,000	$	410,000	$	430,000
Total cash disbursements	$	400,000	$	370,000	$	360,000	$	380,000

The companys beginning cash balance for the upcoming fiscal year will be $18,000. The company requires a minimum cash balance of $10,000 and may borrow any amount needed from a local bank at a quarterly interest rate of 3%. The company may borrow any amount at the beginning of any quarter and may repay its loans, or any part of its loans, at the end of any quarter. Interest payments are due on any principal at the time it is repaid. For simplicity, assume that interest is not compounded.

Required:

Prepare the companys cash budget for the upcoming fiscal year. (Repayments, and interest, should be indicated by a minus sign.)