The production manager of Rordan Corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Units to be produced 11,200 8,500 8,600 10,900 Each unit requires 0.55 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $16.00 per hour. Required: 1. Prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. Prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. Instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 5,900 hours of work each quarter. If the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 5,900 hours anyway. Any hours worked in excess of 5,900 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

turnover

the amount of money taken by a business in a particular period.

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