White Diamond Flour Company manufactures flour by a series of three processes, beginning with wheat grain being introduced in the Milling Department. From the Milling Department, the materials pass through the Sifting and Packaging departments, emerging as packaged refined flour. The balance in the account Work in Process-Sifting Department was as follows on July 1, 2016:

Work in Process-Sifting Department
(900 units, completed):
Direct materials (900 x $2.05): $1,845
Conversion (900 x 0.60 x $0.40): 216
Total: $2,061

The following costs were charged to Work in Process-Sifting Department during July:
Direct materials transferred from Milling Department:

15,700 units at $2.15 a unit: $33,755
Direct Labor: 4,420
Factory Overhead: 2,708

During July, 15,500 units of flour were completed. Work in Process-Sifting Department on July 31 was 1,100 units, 4/5 completed.

Required:

a. Prepare a cost of production report for the Sifting Department for July.
b. Journalize the entries for costs transferred from Milling to Sifting and the costs transferred from Sifting to Packaging.

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 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 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 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

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