In: Accounting
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.