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Hi i have a kind of weird situation... my professor assigned review questions along with the answers and i was wondering if you could explain how he got each answer. More specifically the budgeted beginning inventory (900) and (1460)
Problem 3: Direct Materials Budget (based on Ex 20-4)
Elder Corporation set their production budget in units for the next three months:
April
May
June
Units
7,000
7,300
8,400
Each unit requires 2 pounds of direct material at a cost of $2.70 per pound. The company's policy is to end each month with an inventory of direct materials equal to 10% of the next month's direct material requirements. At the beginning of April, 900 pounds of material are on hand.
Prepare a Direct Materials Budget for April and May.
Direct Materials Budget
April
May
Budgeted production (units)
7,000
7,300
Materials requirements per unit (pounds)
x 2
x 2
Materials needed (pounds)
14,000
14,600
Desired ending inventory*
1,460
1,680
Total needed
15,460
16,280
Budgeted beginning inventory
(900)
(1,460)
Materials to be purchased
14,560
14,820
Cost per unit of materials
x $2.70
x $2.70
Total materials cost
$39,312
$40,014
*Calculation for Budgeted ending inventory based on 10% of next months production. Calculation for April 7,300 x 10% x 2 pounds = 1,460 pounds and for May 8,400 x 10% x 2 pounds = 1,680 pounds.
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