White Corporation’s budget calls for the following sales for next year:
Quarter 1 | 90,000 | units | Quarter 3 | 68,000 | units |
Quarter 2 | 76,000 | units | Quarter 4 | 96,000 | units |
Each unit of the product requires 3 pounds of direct materials. The company’s policy is to begin each quarter with an inventory of product equal to 5% of that quarter’s estimated sales requirements and an inventory of direct materials equal to 20% of that quarter’s estimated direct materials requirements for production.
Required:
1. Determine the production budget for the second quarter.
2. Determine the materials purchases budget for the second quarter.
No. | Particulars | Second quarter | Thired quarter |
1. | Budgeted sales (units) | 276,000 | 368,000 |
Add: Desired Ending inventory (368000*5%), (496,000*5%) | 18,400 | 24,800 | |
Less: Beginning inventory (276000*5%) | (13,800) | (18,400) | |
Budgeted production (units) | 280,600 | 374,400 | |
2. | Direct material per unit (pound) | 3 | |
Direct material required for budgeted production | 841,800 | ||
Add: Desired Ending inventory (374400*3*20%) | 224,640 | ||
Less: Beginning inventory | (168,360) | ||
Materials purchases budget for the second quarter (pounds) | 898,080 |
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