Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259176494
Author: John J Wild, Ken Shaw Accounting Professor
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 7, Problem 5PSA
Keggler’s Supply is a merchandiser of three different products. The company’s February 28 inventories are footwear, 20,000 units; sports equipment, 80,000 units; an apparel, 50,000 units. Management believes that excessive inventories have accumulated for all three products. As a result, a new policy dictates that ending inventory in any month should equal 30% of the expected unit sales for the following month. Expected sales in units for March, April, May, and June follow.
| Budget Sales in Units |
March April May June
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- Prepare a merchandise purchases budget (in units) for each products for each of each the months of March, April, and May.
- The purchase budgets in part 1 should reflect fewer purchases of all three product in March compared to those in April and May. What factor causes fewer purchase to planned? Suggest business conditions that would causes this factor to both occur and impact the company in this way.
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