Answer: company’s direct labor budget = $320000
Explanation:
Given that,
Standard hourly labor rate in the Cutting Department = $12
It takes 30 minutes of direct labor time to cut the lumber
Tables take one hour to assemble
Standard hourly rate in the Assembly Department = $10
Lunchco’s production budget = 20,000
Cutting Department = production budget × direct labor time × Standard hourly labor rate
= 20000 × 0.5 hours/unit × $12/unit
= $120000
Assembly Department = production budget × Tables take one hour to assemble × Standard hourly labor rate
= 20000 × 1 hour/unit × $10/unit
= $200000
Therefore,
company’s direct labor budget = Assembly Department + Cutting Department
= 200000 + 120000
= $320000