A company budgeted unit sales of 124000 units for January, 2017 and 140000 units for February 2017. The company has a policy of having an inventory of units on hand at the end of each month equal to 30% of next month's budgeted unit sales. If there were 37200 units of inventory on hand on December 31, 2016, how many units should be produced in January, 2017 in order for the company to meet its goals?
128800 units |
166000 units |
124000 units |
119200 units |
Production Budget For January | |
Sales unit | 124,000 |
Ending inventory of finished goods (140,000 x 30%) | 42,000 |
Total finished goods inventory needed | 166,000 |
Beginning inventory of finished goods | -37,200 |
Production Units | 128,800 |
Production in January = 128,800 units
First option is correct.
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