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Varney Company makes rolling suitcases. Its sales budget for four months is:                              &nb

Varney Company makes rolling suitcases. Its sales budget for four months is:

                                                                     Sales
                     Month
                                                                       R

                      March                                         15,000

                      April                                         20,000

                       May                                          40,000

                      June                                          60,000

Varney's policy is that ending inventory of finished suitcases should equal 30% of the next
month's sales. Beginning inventory (March 1) is 5,300 suitcases.

Each suitcase required 1.5 meters of ballistic nylon. The ending inventory policy for nylon is
that 20% of the following month's production needs must be on hand. On March 1, Varney
had 10,450 meters of nylon in inventory.

Required:

3.1   What is the desired ending inventory of suitcases for April?                         (1)
3.2   What is the budgeted production of suitcases for April?                              (1)
3.3   What is the desired ending inventory of nylon for March?                             (1)
3.4   What are the budgeted meters of nylon to be purchased in March?                      (1)
3.5   Assuming each suitcase required two meters of ballistic nylon, what is the desired ending
      inventory of nylon for March?                                                        (1)

Solutions

Expert Solution

A.
12,000 (see table below)
B.
26,000 (see table below)
March April May
Sales 15000 20000 40000
Add: Desired EI 6000 12000 18000
Units needed 21000 32000 58000
Less: - Beginning inventory 5300 6000 12000
Production 15700 26000 46000
C.
7,800 metres (26,000 x 1.5 x 20%)
D.
20,900 metres (see table below)
March April
Production      15,700      26,000
x 1.5 m             1.5             1.5
Nylon needed for production      23,550      39,000
Add: Desired ending inventory Nylon needed         7,800
Nylon needed      31,350
Less: Beginning inventory      10,450
Purchases of nylon in metres      20,900
E.
10,400 metres (26,000 x 2 x 20%)

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