Reference no: EM132726745
Morganton Company makes one product and it provided the following information to help prepare the master budget only for July:
a. The budgeted selling price per unit is $70. Budgeted unit sales for June, July, August, and September are 10,000, 12,000 14,000, and 13,000 units, respectively. All sales are on credit.
b. Forty percent of credit sales are collected in the month of the sale and 60% in the following month.
c. The ending finished goods inventory equals 20% of the following month's unit sales.
d. The ending raw materials inventory equals 10% of the following month's raw materials production needs. Each unit of finished goods requires 5 pounds of raw materials. The raw materials cost $2.00 per pound.
e. Twenty percent of raw materials purchases are paid for in the month of purchase and 70% in the following month.
f. The direct labor wage rate is $15 per hour. Each unit of finished goods requires two direct labor-hours.
g. The variable selling and administrative expense per unit sold is $1.80. The fixed selling and administrative expense per month is $62,000.
Question 1. According to the production budget, how many units should be produced in July?
Budgeted sales in units ......................................
Add desired ending inventory* .............................
Total needs ............................................................
Less beginning inventory**..................................
Required production .............................................
Question 2. If 69,000 pounds of raw materials are needed to meet production in August, how many pounds of raw materials should be purchased in July?
Required production in units ..............................................................
Raw materials needed per unit (pounds).............................................
Raw materials needed to meet production ..........................................
Add desired ending raw materials inventory* ....................................
Total raw material needs ....................................................................
Less beginning raw materials inventory ** ........................................
Raw materials to be purchased (pounds) ............................................
Question 3. What is the estimated cost of raw materials purchases for July?
Raw materials to be purchased (pounds) (a)......................................
Cost per pound (b) ..............................................................................
Cost of raw material purchases (a) × (b).............................................