In: Accounting
Part A
Epic Foods produces specialty soup sold in mason jars. The projected sales in dollars and jars for each quarter of the upcoming year are as follows:
Total sales revenue |
Number of jars sold |
|
1st quarter (2021) |
$182,000 |
150,000 |
2nd quarter(2021) |
$210,000 |
180,500 |
3rd quarter(2021) |
$251,000 |
213,500 |
4th quarter(2021) |
$195,000 |
164,500 |
Epic anticipates selling 223,000 jars with total sales revenue of $265,000 in the first quarter of the year (2022) following the year given in the table above. Epic has a policy that the ending inventory of jars must be 30% of the following quarter’s sales. Prepare a production budget for the year that shows the number of jars to be produced each quarter and the year in total.
PART B
Gable industries manufactures a popular interactive stuffed animal for children that requires two computer chips inside each toy. Gable pays $3 for each computer chip. To help guard against stockouts of the computer chip Gable has a policy that states that the ending inventory of computer chips should be at least 20% of the following month’s production needs. The production schedule for the first four months of the year is as follows:
Month |
Stuffed animals to be produced |
January |
5,700 |
February |
4,600 |
March |
4,300 |
April |
4,900 |
Required: Prepare a direct materials budget for the first quarter that shows both the number of computer chips needed and the dollar amount of the purchases in the budget
PRODUCTION BUDGET
PARTICULARS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
SALES UNIT 1,50,000 1,80,500 2,13,500 1,64,500
DESIRED CLOSING STOCK 54,150 64,050 49,350 66,900
(SEE WORKING NOTE)
TOTAL REQUIRED UNITS 204150 244550 262850 231400
LESS: OPENING
INVENTORY ( 0 ) ( 54150) ( 64050 ) (49350)
TOTAL PRODUCTION UNITS 204150 190400 198800 182050
TOTAL UNITS IN YEAR = 775400 UNITS
WORKING NOTE
CALCULATION OF DESIRED CLOSING STOCK
QTR 1 = 30 % OF QTR 2 SALES = 30% X 180500
=54150 UNITS
QTR 2 = 30 % OF QTR 3 SALES = 30% X 213500
=64050 UNITS
QTR 3 = 30 % OF QTR 4 SALES = 30% X 164500
=49350
QTR 4 = 30% OF NEXT QTR SALES =30% X 223000
=66900
PART 2 PURCHASE BUDGET
PARTICULARS JAN FEB MAR APRIL
UNITS PRODUCED 5700 4600 4300 4900
ADD: CLOSING STOCK 920 860 980 0
(SEE WORKING NOTE )
LESS: OPENING STOCK 0 920 860 980
PURCHASE IN UNITS 6620 4540 4420 3920
NO. OF CHIPS REQUIRED
PER UNIT OF FINISHED 2 2 2 2
TOTAL CHIPS REQUIRED 13240 9080 8840 7840
RATE PER CHIP $3 $3 $3 $3
TOTAL AMOUNT $39720 $27240 $26520 $23520
WORKING NOTE
CALCULATION OF DESIRED CLOSING STOCK
JAN = 20 % OF FEB SALES = 20% X 4600
=920 UNITS
FEB = 20% OF MAR SALES = 20% X 4300
=860 UNITS
MAR = 20 % OF FEB SALES = 20% X 4900
=980 UNITS