Pearl Products Limited of Shenzhen, China, manufactures and distributes toys throughout South East Asia. Five cubic centimeters (cc) of solvent H300 are required to manufacture each unit of Supermix, one of the company's products. The company is now planning raw materials needs for the third quarter, the quarter in which peak sales of Supermix occur. To keep production and sales moving smoothly, the company has the following inventory requirements:
a. The finished goods inventory on hand at the end of each month must be equal to 12,000 units of Supermix plus 20% of the next month's sales. The finished goods inventory on June 30 is budgeted to be 23,500 units.
b. The raw materials inventory on hand at the end of each month must be equal to one-half of the following month's production needs for raw materials. The raw materials inventory on June 30 is budgeted to be 117,500 cc of solvent H300.
c. The company maintains no work in process inventories.
A sales budget for Supermix for the last six months of the year follows.
Budgeted Sales
in Units
July 46,000
August 62,500
September 61,000
October 41,000
November 31,000
December 21,000
Requirement 1:
Prepare a production budget for Supermix for the months July, August, September, and October. (Input all amounts as positive values.)
July August September October
Budgeted sales
Less/Add: Desired ending inventory
Total needs
Less/Add: Beginning inventory
Required production
Requirement 2:
Prepare a direct materials budget showing the quantity of solvent H300 to be purchased for July, August, and September, and for the quarter in total. (Input all amounts as positive values.)
July August September Third
Quarter
Production needs
(Click to select)AddLess: Desired ending inventory
Total Material H300 needs
Less/Add: Beginning inventory
Material H300 purchases