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  • This topic has 5 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by AvatarJohn Moffat.
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  • October 1, 2014 at 4:40 pm #202840
    Avatarsnahs
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    Clockwork clown wind up training

    Direct material ( $5kg) 2kg 1kg
    Direct labour ( $ 8per hour) 18mins 30mins
    Budged sales 450 550

    Budgeted Inventory:
    Finished goods: opening inventory 20 50
    closing inventory 30 40
    Raw Material: opening inventory 50kg
    closing inventory 60kg
    calculate material usage budget, material purchase, direct labour budget.
    material usage i got 1480kg.correct ans. 1460kg, labour budget i got 3280kg, correct ans.3264. what am i doing wrong? please help

    October 1, 2014 at 5:07 pm #202850
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    You have not said how you arrived at your answers, so it is impossible for me to know what you are doing wrong!

    First you need to calculate the production in units, which is sales minus opening inventory plus closing inventory.

    Then you can calculate the materials usage, which is production multiplied by the kgs (for each product, then totalled).

    Then you can calculate the materials purchases, which is materials usage minus opening inventory plus closing inventory.

    You can also calculate labour, by multiplying production units by labour hours.

    October 1, 2014 at 6:07 pm #202855
    Avatarsnahs
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    Production budget= production in units 450 550
    Less opening inventory 20 50
    Add closing inventory 30 40
    ——— ————
    460 540

    material usuage= 460 * 2 *5 4600 2700 (540*1*5)

    Material Purchase= 4600 2700
    50
    Add closing 60
    —— ———-
    4610 2700= 7310 my answer/ correct ans 7350
    How did they arrive at that answer?????

    labour bugget: 460*18/60*8 1104 2160 (30/60*540*8)

    = 3264

    October 1, 2014 at 8:11 pm #202863
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    You have added and subtracted the closing and opening inventory in kg, when you have your production in $’s.

    The production budget should be in kgs, not $’s. Then you can adjust for the opening and closing inventory in kgs to get the purchases in kgs, and then you can calculate in $’s.

    October 1, 2014 at 11:14 pm #203155
    Avatarsnahs
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    ok sir…thank you very, now i see my error!!!

    October 2, 2014 at 6:25 am #203180
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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