Pearl Products Limited of Shenzhen, China, manufactures and distributes toys throughout South East Asia. Three cubic centimeters (cc) of solvent H300 are required to manufacture each unit of Supermix, one of the company’s products. The company now is planning raw materials needs for the third quarter, the quarter in which peak sales of Supermix occur. To keep production and sales moving smoothly, the company has the following inventory requirements:

Pearl Products Limited of Shenzhen, China, manufactures and distributes toys throughout South East Asia. Three cubic centimeters (cc) of solvent H300 are required to manufacture each unit of Supermix, one of the company’s products. The company now is planning raw materials needs for the third quarter, the quarter in which peak sales of Supermix occur. To keep production and sales moving smoothly, the company has the following inventory requirements:

1. The finished goods inventory on hand at the end of each month must equal 3,000 units of Supermix plus 25% of the next month’s sales. The finished goods inventory on June 30 is budgeted to be 16,250 units.
2. The raw materials inventory on hand at the end of each month must equal one-half of the following month’s production needs for raw materials. The raw materials inventory on June 30 is budgeted to be 81,375 cc of solvent H300.
3. The company maintains no work in process inventories.

A monthly sales budget for Supermix for the third and fourth quarters of the year follows.

	Budgeted Unit Sales
July	53,000
August	58,000
September	68,000
October	48,000
November	38,000
December	28,000

Required:

1. Prepare a production budget for Supermix for the months July, August, September, and October.

3. Prepare a direct materials budget showing the quantity of solvent H300 to be purchased for July, August, and September, and for the quarter in total.

Explanation

3.

Desired units of ending raw materials inventory in September month:

45,500 units (October production) × 3 cc per unit = 136,500 cc.

136,500 cc × 1/2 = 68,250 cc.

As shown in part (1), production is greatest in September; however, as shown in the raw material purchases budget, purchases of materials are greatest a month earlier—in August. The reason for the large purchases of materials in August is that the materials must be on hand to support the heavy production scheduled for September.

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