In: Accounting
Jupiter Company's budget for coming year estimates monthly sales
in units for first five months of the year as follows: April
35,000; May, 38,000; June 40,000; July, 39,000; and August
38,000.
The ending inventory of finished units for each month is to be
maintained at 25% of next month's estimated sales. On April 1,
there were 12,000 units on hand.
a. prepare a production budget (in units) for the first four months
of the period. Rounds amounts to the nearest unit.
Jupiter company continued from (a) above. Each unit of finished
product requires the use of four pound of materials. Materials are
to be carried in inventory in an amount equal to 20% of expected
production of the coming month. Beginning inventory on April 1 of
the current year was 32,500 units of material. Each unit of
material costs $2.
b. prepare a material purchases budget ( in units of materials and
dollars) for the second quarter of the coming year. round amounts
to the nearest unit.
a.
Jupiter Company | ||||
Production Budget | ||||
April, May, June and July | ||||
April | May | June | July | |
Next month's budgeted sales (units) | 38000 | 40000 | 39000 | 38000 |
Ratio of inventory to next month's sales | 25% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
Budgeted ending inventory (units) | 9500 | 10000 | 9750 | 9500 |
Budgeted unit sales for month | 35000 | 38000 | 40000 | 39000 |
Required units of available production | 44500 | 48000 | 49750 | 48500 |
Less: Beginning inventory (units) | 12000 | 9500 | 10000 | 9750 |
Units to be produced | 32500 | 38500 | 39750 | 38750 |
b.
Jupiter Company | |||||
Material Purchases Budget | |||||
For the Second Quarter | |||||
April | May | June | Second Quarter | July | |
Production budget (units) | 32500 | 38500 | 39750 | 110750 | 38750 |
Material required per unit of production (pounds) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Materials needed for production | 130000 | 154000 | 159000 | 443000 | 155000 |
Ending inventory @ 20% next month's expected requirement | 30800 | 31800 | 31000 | 31000 | |
Total material requirements (pounds) | 160800 | 185800 | 190000 | 474000 | |
Less: Beginning inventory | 32500 | 30800 | 31800 | 32500 | |
Materials to be purchased (pounds) | 128300 | 155000 | 158200 | 441500 | |
Material price per unit | $ 2.00 | $ 2.00 | $ 2.00 | $ 2.00 | |
Budgeted raw material purchases $ | 256600 | 310000 | 316400 | 883000 |