Bailey Furniture Company has prepared the following flexible budget for April and is in the process of interpreting the variances. F denotes a favorable variance and U denotes an unfavorable variance. Flexible Budget Price Variance Efficiency Variance Material A $50,000 $2,600 F $4,200 U Material B $78,000 $1,500 U $2,900 F Direct manufacturing labor $95,000 $1,200 U $3,700 F The most likely explanation of the above direct manufacturing labor variances is that

Krier industries has just completed its sales forecasts and its marketing department estimates that the company will sell 43,800 units during the upcoming year. in the past, management has maintained inventories of finished goods at approximately 3 months' sales. however, the estimated inventory at the start of the year of the budget period is only 7,300 units. sales occur evenly throughout the year. what is the estimated production level (units) for the first month of the upcoming budget year?