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Bombs Away Video Games Corporation has forecasted the following
monthly sales:
January | $ | 97,000 | July | $ | 42,000 |
February | 90,000 | August | 42,000 | ||
March | 22,000 | September | 52,000 | ||
April | 22,000 | October | 82,000 | ||
May | 17,000 | November | 102,000 | ||
June | 32,000 | December | 120,000 | ||
Total annual sales = $720,000 | |||||
Bombs Away Video Games sells the popular Strafe and Capture video
game. It sells for $5 per unit and costs $2 per unit to produce. A
level production policy is followed. Each month's production is
equal to annual sales (in units) divided by 12.
Of each month's sales, 30 percent are for cash and 70 percent are
on account. All accounts receivable are collected in the month
after the sale is made.
a. Construct a monthly production and inventory
schedule in units. Beginning inventory in January is 22,000
units.
b. Prepare a monthly schedule of cash receipts. Sales in December before the planning year are $100,000.
c. Prepare a cash payments schedule for January through December. The production costs of $2 per unit are paid for in the month in which they occur. Other cash payments, besides those for production costs, are $42,000 per month.
d. Prepare a monthly cash budget for January through December using the cash receipts schedule from part b and the cash payments schedule from part c. The beginning cash balance is $5,000, which is also the minimum desired. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.)