In: Accounting
Exercise 23-8
Fuqua Company’s sales budget projects unit sales of part 198Z of
10,900 units in January, 12,200 units in February, and 14,000 units
in March. Each unit of part 198Z requires 3 pounds of materials,
which cost $4 per pound. Fuqua Company desires its ending raw
materials inventory to equal 40% of the next month’s production
requirements, and its ending finished goods inventory to equal 20%
of the next month’s expected unit sales. These goals were met at
December 31, 2016.
a) Prepare a production budget for January and February 2017.
b) Prepare a direct materials budget for January 2017.