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Anticipated sales for Safety Grip Company were 68,000 passenger car tires and 20,000 truck tires. Rubber and steel belts are used in producing passenger car and truck tires as follows:
Passenger Car | Truck | |
Rubber | 31 lbs. per unit | 72 lbs. per unit |
Steel belts | 7 lbs. per unit | 18 lbs. per unit |
The purchase prices of rubber and steel are $3.30 and $4.30 per pound, respectively. The desired ending inventories of rubber and steel belts are 64,000 and 13,000 pounds, respectively. The estimated beginning inventories for rubber and steel belts are 75,000 and 11,000 pounds, respectively.
Prepare a direct materials purchases budget for Safety Grip Company for the year ended December 31, 20Y9.
Since details about production are not given, it is assumed sales units and budgeted production are same, if there is some difference, kindly comment with that information.
Direct Material Purchase Budget | |||
Rubber | Steel Belts | Total | |
Physical units Budget | |||
To be used in production | |||
Passenger Car | 2108000 | 476000 | |
Truck | 1440000 | 360000 | |
Add Target Ending Inventory | 64000 | 13000 | |
Total Requirements | 3612000 | 849000 | |
Deduct Beginning Inventory | 75000 | 11000 | |
Purchases to be made (Pounds) | 3537000 | 838000 | |
Cost per unit | $ 3.30 | $ 4.30 | |
Direct Materials to be Purchased | $ 11,672,100 | $ 3,603,400 | $ 15,275,500 |