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Wyoming Casings makes one type of plastic shell for calculators. Wyoming expects

ID: 2334705 • Letter: W

Question

Wyoming Casings makes one type of plastic shell for calculators. Wyoming expects to sell 160,000 units of this shell for the upcoming year. The beginning inventory for this shell expected to be 20,000 units. However, the target ending finished goods inventory for the upcoming year is 5,000 units. Each unit (shell) requires 6 ounces of plastic. At the beginning of the upcoming year, 60,000 ounces of plastic are expected to be in inventory. Management has set a target to have plastic ending inventory equal to three months’ production requirements. Sales and production take place evenly throughout the year. The selling price of one shell is $1.40 and the cost per ounce of plastic is $0.15.

Requirements:

1. Prepare Wyoming’s sales revenue budget for the upcoming year.

2. Prepare Wyoming’s production budget for calculator shells for the upcoming year.

3. Prepare Wyoming’s direct materials purchases budget for plastic in ounces and dollars for the upcoming year.

Explanation / Answer

Requirement 1

Wyoming Casing

Sales Budget

Units to be sold

            160000

Price per Unit

$     1.40

Total Sales revenue

$    224,000.00

Requirement 2

Wyoming Casing

Production Budget

Units to be sold

160000

Add: Desired Ending Finished Inventory

5000

Total Units needed

165000

Less : Beginning Finished Inventory

20000

Units to be Produced

145000

Requirement 3

Wyoming Casing

Direct material Purchase Budget

Total Finished Units to be Produced (in Units)

145000

Raw material needed per Finished Unit (in Ounces)

6

Total Raw material Required for production ( in Ounces)

870000

Add: Desired Ending Inventory ( in Ounces)

240000

Total raw material needed ( in Ounces)

1110000

Less: Beginning Raw Material available ( in Ounces)

60000

Raw material units to purchase ( in Ounces)

1050000

Cost per Ounce of Plastic

$   0.15

Total Cost of Purchases

$    157,500.00

Working note

Desired Ending Inventory of raw material

(A)

Expected yearly sales In units

160000

(B)= A/4

Quarterly sales or 3 month's sales (160000/4)

40000

(C )

Raw material needed per Finished Unit (in Ounces)

6

(BxC)

Three month's Production requirement

240000

Wyoming Casing

Sales Budget

Units to be sold

            160000

Price per Unit

$     1.40

Total Sales revenue

$    224,000.00