QS 20-16 Manufacturing: Production budget LO P1
Atlantic Surf manufactures surfboards. The company’s sales
budget for the next three months is shown below. In addition,
company policy is to maintain finished goods inventory equal (in
units) to 50% of the next month’s unit sales. As of June 30, the
company has 1,550 finished surfboards in inventory, which complies
with the policy.
July | August | September | |||||
Sales (in units) | 3,100 | 7,300 | 3,600 | ||||
Prepare a production budget for the months of July and August.
Answer | ||
Production budget |
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Particulars | July | August |
Budgeted Ending inventories | ||
July (7300*0.50) | 3,650 | |
August (3600*0.50) | 1,800 | |
Total units (a) | 3,650 | 1,800 |
Required units of available production (b) | 3,100 | 7,300 |
Beginning units © | 1,550 | 3,650 |
Units to be produced (a+b-c) | 8,300 | 12,750 |
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