Macchu Company produces stuffed toy animals; one of these is “Andie the Llama.” Each Andie takes 0.20 yard of fabric (white with irregular black splotches) and 8 ounces of polyfiberfill. Fabric costs $3.40 per yard and polyfiberfill is $0.05 per ounce. Macchu has budgeted production of Andies for the next four months as follows:   Units October 41,000 November 90,000 December 60,000 January 40,000 Inventory policy requires that sufficient fabric be in ending monthly inventory to satisfy 20 percent of the following month's production needs and sufficient polyfiberfill be in inventory to satisfy 15 percent of the following month's production needs. Inventory of fabric and polyfiberfill at the beginning of October equals exactly the amount needed to satisfy the inventory policy. Each Andie produced requires (on average) 0.10 direct labor hour. The average cost of direct labor is $15 per hour. Required: Question Content Area 1. Prepare a direct materials purchases budget of fabric for the last quarter of the year showing purchases in units and in dollars for each month and for the quarter in total. Round your answers to the nearest cent, if required. Macchu CompanyDirect Materials Purchases Budget for FabricFor the Fourth Quarter   October November December Total Units produced         DM per unit (yd.)         Production needs         Desired ending inventory (yd.)         Total needed                                                   Question Content Area 2. Prepare a direct materials purchases budget of polyfiberfill for the last quarter of the year showing purchases in units and in dollars for each month and for the quarter in total. Round your answers to the nearest cent, if required. Macchu CompanyDirect Materials Purchases Budget for PolyfiberfillFor the Fourth Quarter   October November December Total Units produced         DM per unit (oz.)         Production needs         Desired ending inventory (oz.)         Total needed         Less: Beginning inventory         DM to be purchased (oz.)         Cost per ounce         Total purchase cost           Question Content Area 3. Prepare a direct labor budget for the last quarter of the year showing the hours needed and the direct labor cost for each month and for the quarter in total. Round your answers to the nearest cent, if required. Macchu CompanyDirect Labor BudgetFor the Fourth Quarter   October November December Total Units produced         Direct labor time per unit (hours)         Direct labor hours needed         Cost per direct labor hour         Total direct labor cost

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Macchu Company produces stuffed toy animals; one of these is “Andie the Llama.” Each Andie takes 0.20 yard of fabric (white with irregular black splotches) and 8 ounces of polyfiberfill. Fabric costs $3.40 per yard and polyfiberfill is $0.05 per ounce. Macchu has budgeted production of Andies for the next four months as follows:

  Units
October 41,000
November 90,000
December 60,000
January 40,000

Inventory policy requires that sufficient fabric be in ending monthly inventory to satisfy 20 percent of the following month's production needs and sufficient polyfiberfill be in inventory to satisfy 15 percent of the following month's production needs. Inventory of fabric and polyfiberfill at the beginning of October equals exactly the amount needed to satisfy the inventory policy.

Each Andie produced requires (on average) 0.10 direct labor hour. The average cost of direct labor is $15 per hour.

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1. Prepare a direct materials purchases budget of fabric for the last quarter of the year showing purchases in units and in dollars for each month and for the quarter in total. Round your answers to the nearest cent, if required.

Macchu CompanyDirect Materials Purchases Budget for FabricFor the Fourth Quarter
  October November December Total
Units produced        
DM per unit (yd.)        
Production needs        
Desired ending inventory (yd.)        
Total needed        
         
         
         
         
 

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2. Prepare a direct materials purchases budget of polyfiberfill for the last quarter of the year showing purchases in units and in dollars for each month and for the quarter in total. Round your answers to the nearest cent, if required.

Macchu CompanyDirect Materials Purchases Budget for PolyfiberfillFor the Fourth Quarter
  October November December Total
Units produced        
DM per unit (oz.)        
Production needs        
Desired ending inventory (oz.)        
Total needed        
Less: Beginning inventory        
DM to be purchased (oz.)        
Cost per ounce        
Total purchase cost        
 

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3. Prepare a direct labor budget for the last quarter of the year showing the hours needed and the direct labor cost for each month and for the quarter in total. Round your answers to the nearest cent, if required.

Macchu CompanyDirect Labor BudgetFor the Fourth Quarter
  October November December Total
Units produced        
Direct labor time per unit (hours)        
Direct labor hours needed        
Cost per direct labor hour        
Total direct labor cost        
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