Crystal Telecom has budgeted the sales of its innovative mobile phone over the n

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Crystal Telecom has budgeted the sales of its innovative mobile phone over the next four months as follows:

July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000

August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,000

September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,000

October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000

The company is now in the process of preparing a production budget for the third quarter. Past experience has shown that end-of-month finished goods inventories must equal 10% of the next month’s sales. The inventory at the end of June was 3,000 units. Required: Prepare a production budget for the third quarter showing the number of units to be produced each month and for the quarter in total.

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Crystal Telecom

Production Budget

July August September Quarter Budgeted sales in units 30,000 45,000 60,000 135,000 Add: Ending Inventory 4,500 6,000 5,000 5,000 Total needs 34,500 51,000 65,000 140,000 Deduct:  Beginning inventory 3,000 4,500 6,000 3,000 Required production in units 31,500 46,500 59,000 137,000

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