Sherman has budgeted sales for the upcoming quarter as follows: april may june units 1,600 1,900 1,750 the desired ending finished goods inventory for each month is one-half of next month's budgeted sales. three pounds of direct material are required for each unit produced. if direct material costs $5 per pound, and must be paid for in the month of purchase, the budgeted direct materials purchases (in dollars) for april are:

By changing its recipe, a smoothie chain is reacting to a change in the environment. while it is important to be able to quickly adapt, it is also important to take a proactive approach to changes in the marketing environment. implementing a proactive approach requires constantly scanning and analyzing the environment so that changes do not come as a surprise. the statements below are findings from environmental scanning and analysis. select the marketing environment force that best describes each of the statements listed.