Business, 12.08.2020 08:01, lillianfrederi

Manufacturing produces self-watering planters for use in upscale retail establishments. Sales projections for the first five months of the upcoming year show the estimated unit sales of the planters each month to be as follows: Inventory at the start of the year was 975 planters. The desired inventory of planters at the end of each month should be equal to 25% of the following month's budgeted sales. Each planter requires four pounds of polypropylene (a type of plastic). The company wants to have 30% of the polypropylene required for next month's production on hand at the end of each month. The polypropylene costs $0.20 per pound.

Number of planters to be sold
January 3900
February 3200
March 3700
April 4400
May 4900

Required:
Prepare a production budget for each month in the first quarter of the year, including production in units for each month and for the quarter.

Answers: 1

Show answers

Other questions on the subject: Business

Business, 21.06.2019 23:30, trinitieu66

Which alternative accounting method allows farmers to record expenses and incomes in the year in which they sell their yield? gaap allows for the method, which permits farmers to subtract the expenses of producing the crop in the year in which they sell the yield and earn the revenue.

Answers: 3

continue

Business, 22.06.2019 18:00, wirchakethan23

Match the different financial task to their corresponding financial life cycle phases

Answers: 3

continue

Business, 22.06.2019 20:00, jaylennkatrina929

Which of the following is a competitive benefit experienced by the first mover firm in an industry? a. the first mover will be able to achieve a less steep learning curve. b. the first mover will be able to reduce the switching costs. c. the first mover will not have to patent its products or technology. d. the first mover will be able to reduce costs through economies of scale.

Answers: 3

continue

Business, 22.06.2019 22:40, kharmaculpepper

Rolston music company is considering the sale of a new sound board used in recording studios. the new board would sell for $27,200, and the company expects to sell 1,570 per year. the company currently sells 2,070 units of its existing model per year. if the new model is introduced, sales of the existing model will fall to 1,890 units per year. the old board retails for $23,100. variable costs are 57 percent of sales, depreciation on the equipment to produce the new board will be $1,520,000 per year, and fixed costs are $1,420,000 per year. if the tax rate is 35 percent, what is the annual ocf for the project?

Answers: 1

continue

Do you know the correct answer?

Manufacturing produces self-watering planters for use in upscale retail establishments. Sales projec...