Question

Franklin Products Limited manufactures and distributes a number of products to retailers. One of these products, SuperStick, requires four kilograms of material 0236 in the manufacture of each unit. The company is now planning raw materials needs for the third quarter-July, August, and September. Peak sales of SuperStick occur in the third quarter of each year. To keep production and shipments 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 8,000 units plus 20% of the next month's sales. The finished goods inventory on June 30 is budgeted to be 22,000 units. 

b. The raw materials inventory on hand at the end of each month must be equal to 40% of the following month's production needs for raw materials. The raw materials inventory on June 30 for mate-rial 0236 is budgeted to be 129,000 kilograms.

c. The company maintains no work in process inventories.

A sales budget for SuperStick for the last six months of the year follows:

	Budgeted Sales in Units
July	60,000
August	75,000
September	105,000
October	53,000
November	30,000
December	15,000

Required

1. Prepare a production budget for SuperStick for July, August, September, and October.

Answer 1

 

	July	August	September	October
Budgeted sales (units)	60,000	75,000	105,000	53,000
Add desired ending inventory	23,000	29,000	18,600	14,000
Total needs	$83,000	$104,000	$123,600	67,000
Less beginning inventory	22,000	23,000	29,000	18,600
Required production	61,000	81,000	94,600	48,400

July: 61,000

August: 81,000

September: 94,600

October: 48,400