Exercise 8-2 Production Budget [LO8-3] Down Under Products, Ltd., of Australia h

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Exercise 8-2 Production Budget [LO8-3] Down Under Products, Ltd., of Australia has budgeted sales of its popular boomerang for the next four months as follows: April May June July Unit Sales 58,000 75,000 98,000 84,000 The company is now in the process of preparing a production budget for the second quarter. Past experience has shown that end-of-month inventory levels must equal 15% of the following month's unit sales. The inventory at the end of March was 8,700 units. Required: Prepare a production budget by month and in total, for the second quarter. Down Under Products, Ltd. Production Budget April May June Quarter Budgeted units sales Total needs Required production in units

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Down Under Products, Ltd., Production Budget April May June Quarter Budgeted Units Sales 58,000 75,000 98,000 231,000 Ending Enventory 75,000x15% =11,250 98,000x15% =14,700 84,000x15% = 12,600 12,600 Total needs 69,250 89,700 110,600 218,400 Beginning Inventor 8,700 11,250 14,700 8,700 Required production in units 60,550 78,450 95,900 234,900

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