mt Value Ol... every month but should "flex" or adjust to the volume of work that is produced in the Machining Department. Additional budget informan Machining Department is as follows: Wages per hour $16.00 Utility cost per direct labor hour $1.00 Direct labor hours per unit 0.50 Planned monthly unit production 116,000 a. Prepare a flexible budget for the actual units produced for May, June, and July in the Machining Department. Assume depreciation is cost. If required, use per unit amounts carried out to two decimal places. Hagerstown Company Machining Department Budget For the Three Months Ending July 31 May 106,000 June 97,000 July 87,000 Units of production 106,000 97,000 87,000 Total Supporting calculations: Units of production Hours per unit Total hours of production Check My Work Previous Ne Email Instructor Save and Exit Submit Assignment for om/ilm/takeAssignment/takeAssignmentMain.do?invoker=&takeAssignmentSession Locator=&inprogress=false lue Ol 106,000 97,000 87,000 X Total Supporting calculations: Units of production Hours per unit Total hours of production Wages per hour Total wages Total hours of production Utility costs per hour Total utilities X$ May July b. Compare the flexible budget with the actual expenditures for the first three months. June Total flexible budget Actual cost Excess of actual cost over budget What does this comparison suggest? The Machining Department has performed better than originally thought. Check My Work Previous Nes Email Instructor Save and Exit Submit Assignment for Static Budget versus Flexible Budget The production supervisor of the Machining Department for Hagerstown Company agreed to the following monthly static budget for the upcoming year: Hagerstown Company Machining Department Monthly Production Budget Wages $924,000 Utilities 58,000 Depreciation 97,000 Total $1,079,000 The actual amount spent and the actual units produced in the first three months in the Machining Department were as follows: Amount Spent Units Produced May $1,018,000 106,000 977,000 97,000 July 929,000 87,000 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 1,079,000. 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 $16.00 June Check My Work Previous Next >