Reference no: EM133150999

Question - Milo Company manufactures beach umbrellas. The company ls preparing detailed budgets for the third quarter and has assembled the following information to assist in the budget preparation:

a. The Marketing Department has estimated sales as follows for the remainder of the year (in units):

July 30,000

August 70,000

September 50,000

October 20,000

November 10,000

December 10,000

The selling price of the umbrellas is $12 each.

b. All sales are on account. Based on past experience, sales are expected to be collected in the following pattern:

30% in the month of sale

65% in the month following sale

5% uncolleclible

Sales for June were $300,000.

c. The company maintains finished goods inventories equal to 15% or the following month's sales. This requirement will be met at the end of June. (1 Each beach umbrella requires 1 metre of Gilden, a material that is sometimes hard to acquire. Therefore, the company requires that the ending inventory of Gilden be equal to 50% of the following month's production needs. The inventory of Gilden on hand at the beginning of the quarter is 18,000 metres.

e. Gilden costs $3.20 per metre. One-half of a month's purchases of Gilden is paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder is paid for in the following month. The accounts payable on July 1 for purchases or Gilden during June will be $76,000.

Required -

a. Calculate the estimated sales, by month and in total, for the third quarter.

b. Calculate the expected cash collections, by month and in total, for the third quarter.

c. Calculate the estimated quantity of beach umbrellas that need to be produced in July, August, September, and October.

d. Calculate the quantity of Gilden (in metres) that needs to be purchased, by month and in total, for the third quarter.