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6-24 Budgets for production and direct manufacturing labor. (CMA, adapted) Roletter Company makes and sells artistic frames for pictures of weddings, graduations, and other special events. Bob Anderson, the controller, is responsible for preparing Roletter's master budget and has accumulated the following information for 2015: In addition to wages, direct manufacturing labor-related costs include pension contributions of $0.50 per hour, worker's compensation insurance of $0.20 per hour, employee medical insurance of $0.30 per hour, and Social Security taxes. Assume that as of January 1, 2015, the Social Security tax rates are 7.5% for employers and 7.5% for employees. The cost of employee benefits paid by Roletter on its employees is treated as a direct manufacturing labor cost. Roletter has a labor contract that calls for a wage increase to $13 per hour on April 1, 2015. New labor- saving machinery has been installed and will be fully operational by March 1, 2015. Roletter expects to have 17,500 frames on hand at December 31, 2014, and it has a policy of carrying an end-of-month inventory of 100% of the following month's sales plus 50% of the second following month's sales. Required: 1. Prepare a production budget and a direct manufacturing labor budget for Roletter Company by month and for the first quarter of 2015. You may combine both budgets in one schedule. The direct manufacturing labor budget should include labor-hours and show the details for each labor cost category. 2. What actions has the budget process prompted Roletter's management to take? 3. How might Roletter's managers use the budget developed in requirement 1 to better manage the company? 6.33 Budgeted income statement. (CMA, adapted) Smart Video Company is a manufacturer of videoconferencing products. Maintaining the videoconferencing equipment is an important area of customer satisfaction. A recent downturn in the computer industry has caused the videoconferencing equipment segment to suffer, leading to a decline in Smart Video's financial performance. The following income statement shows results for 2014: Smart Video's management team is preparing the 2015 budget and is studying the following information: 1. Selling prices of equipment are expected to increase by 10% as the economic recovery begins. The selling price of each maintenance contract is expected to remain unchanged from 2014. 2. Equipment sales in units are expected to increase by 6%, with a corresponding 6% growth in units of maintenance contracts. 3. Cost of each unit sold is expected to increase by 5% to pay for the necessary technology and quality improvements. 4. Marketing costs are expected to increase by $290,000, but administration costs are expected to remain at 2014 levels. 5. Distribution costs vary in proportion to the number of units of equipment sold. 6. Two maintenance technicians are to be hired at a total cost of $160,000, which covers wages and related travel costs. The objective is to improve customer service and shorten response time. 7. There is no beginning or ending inventory of equipment. Required: 1. Prepare a budgeted income statement for the year ending December 31, 2015. 2. How well does the budget align with Smart Video's strategy? 3. How does preparing the budget help Smart Video's management team better manage the company? 8-20 Manufacturing overhead, variance analysis. The Principles Corporation is a manufacturer of centrifuges. Fixed and variable manufacturing overheads are allocated to each centrifuge using budgeted assembly-hours. Budgeted assembly time is 2 hours per unit. The following table shows the budgeted amounts and actual results related to overhead for June 2014. Required: 1. Prepare an analysis of all variable manufacturing overhead and fixed manufacturing overhead variances using the columnar approach in Exhibit 8-4 (page 304). 2. How does the planning and control of variable manufacturing overhead costs differ from the planning and control of fixed manufacturing overhead costs