Question

White Corporation’s budget calls for the following sales for next year: Quarter 1 95,000 units Quarter 3 67,000 units Quarter 2 81,000 units Quarter 4 98,000 units Each unit of the product requires 5 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.

Answer 1

Answer: & Explanation:

Production Budget q2

- Q2

sales 67,000

ending policy 4,050 (5% of Q3)

Beginning 3,350 (5% of current quarter)

Production 67,700 (sales + ending - beginning)

Raw materials Budget q2

Production Needs 338,500 (Units x 5)

ending policy 81,850 (20% of production q3)

Beginning 67,700 (20% of q2 production needs)

Purchase 352,650 (needs + desired ending - beginning)