A Sales Budget Is Given Below for One of the Products

question 88

Essay

A sales budget is given below for one of the products manufactured by the OMI Co.: The inventory of finished goods at the end of each month must equal 20% of the next month's sales. However, on December 31 the finished goods inventory totaled only 4,000 units.
Each unit of product requires three pounds of specialized material. Since the production of this specialized material by OMI's suppliers is sometimes irregular, the company has a policy of maintaining an ending inventory at the end of each month equal to 30% of the next month's production needs. This requirement had been met on January 1 of the current year.
Required:
a. Prepare a budget showing the required production each month for January, February, March, and April.
b. Prepare a budget showing the quantity of switches to be purchased each month for January, February, and March.

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Definitions:

Total Stockholders' Equity

The total amount of funds contributed by shareholders plus the retained earnings of a company.

Stock Dividend

A distribution of additional shares of a company to its shareholders instead of paying dividends in cash.

Stock Split

A corporate action by a company to divide its existing shares into multiple ones to boost the liquidity of the shares, often done when share prices are high.

Paid-In Capital

Total amount of cash and other assets paid into the corporation by stockholders in exchange for capital stock.