Walker Company prepares monthly budgets. The current budget plans for a September ending merchandise inventory of 27,000 units. Company policy is to end each month with merchandise inventory equal to 15% of budgeted sales for the following month. Budgeted sales and merchandise purchases for the next three months follow. The company budgets sales of 180,000 units in October. Sales (Units) Purchases (Units)
July 210,000 222,000
August 290,000 290,000
September 290,000 273,500

Required:
a. Prepare the merchandise purchases budget for the months of July, August, and September.
b. Compute the ratio of ending inventory to the next month’s sales.
c. How many units are budgeted for sale in October?

After discussing the options, the strategic management team has agreed that the pod coffee idea works well with the company's mission statement and decides that the company should move forward in exploring the pod coffee idea. in order to make sure that the pod coffee idea is a good one, and to see if there are other potential future endeavors to pursue, you must analyze the market situation and formulate a strategy. your boss asks you to start working on the pod coffee idea. what is your first stepa. your first step is to formulate a strategy for how to market the pod coffee concept. b. your first step is to consult with your boss and find out what he thinks about the pod coffee idea. c. your first step is to do some research to find out what your competitors are doing. d. your first step is to analyze the organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.