Forrest Company manufactures phone chargers and has a policy that ending inventory should equal 10% of the next month's budgeted unit sales. October's ending inventory equals 40,000 units. November and December sales are budgeted to be 400,000 units and 350,000 units, respectively. Prepare the production budget for November. FORREST COMPANY Production Budget Desired ending inventory units Total required units Units to produce November
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A master budget can be defined as an estimation of the revenue earned or expenses incurred over a specified period of time in the future and it is generally prepared on a periodic basis which can be either monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or annually. It helps a business, an organization, or even an individual to manage the money effectively. A budget also helps in monitoring the performance of the people in the organization and helps in better decision-making.
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A budget is a financial plan designed by an undertaking for a definite period in future which acts as a major contributor towards enhancing the financial success of the business undertaking. The budget generally takes into account both current and future income and expenses.
![Forrest Company manufactures phone chargers and has a policy that ending inventory should equal 10% of the next month's
budgeted unit sales. October's ending inventory equals 40,000 units. November and December sales are budgeted to be 400,000
units and 350,000 units, respectively.
Prepare the production budget for November.
FORREST COMPANY
Production Budget
Desired ending inventory units
Total required units
Units to produce
November](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F5eca8416-d7c5-41c2-9b8c-071af8113046%2Fa80ceaf4-7986-4b6a-a401-1c53a043d483%2Fo9vdggk_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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Miami Solar manufactures solar panels for industrial use. The company budgets production of 5,000 units (solar panels) in
July and 5,300 units in August.
Each unit requires 3 pounds of direct materials, which cost $6 per pound. The company's policy is to maintain direct materials
inventory equal to 30% of the next month's direct materials requirement. As of June 30, the company has 4,500 pounds of direct
materials in inventory. Prepare the direct materials budget for July.
Units to produce
MIAMI SOLAR
Direct Materials Budget
Materials needed for production (pounds)
Total materials required (pounds)
Materials to purchase (pounds)
Cost of direct materials purchases
July
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