Hagerstown Company Machining Department Monthly Production Budget Wages Utilities Depreciation Total $530,000 32,000 54,000 $616,000 The actual amount spent and the actual units produced in the first three months in the Machining Department were as follows: May June July Amount Spent Units Produced $581,000 553,000 526,000 54,000 49,000 44,000 The Machining Department supervisor has been very pleased with this performance because actual expenditures for May-July have been significantly less than the monthly static budget of 616,000. However, the plant manager believes that the budget should not remain fixed for every month but should "flex" or adjust to the volume of work that is produced in the Machining Department. Additional budget information for the Machining Department is as follows: Wages per hour Utility cost per direct labor hour Direct labor hours per unit $18.00 $1.10 0.50 Planned monthly unit production 59,000