Turney Company produces and sells automobile batteries, the heavy-duty HD-240. The 2017 sales forecast is as follows. Quarter HD-240 1 5,000 2 7,000 3 8,000 4 10,000 The January 1, 2017, inventory of HD-240 is 2,000 units. Management desires an ending inventory each quarter equal to 40% of the next quarter’s sales. Sales in the first quarter of 2018 are expected to be 25% higher than sales in the same quarter in 2017. Instructions Prepare quarterly production budgets for each quarter and in total for 2017.
Turney Company produces and sells automobile batteries, the heavy-duty HD-240. The 2017 sales forecast is as follows. Quarter HD-240 1 5,000 2 7,000 3 8,000 4 10,000 The January 1, 2017, inventory of HD-240 is 2,000 units. Management desires an ending inventory each quarter equal to 40% of the next quarter’s sales. Sales in the first quarter of 2018 are expected to be 25% higher than sales in the same quarter in 2017. Instructions Prepare quarterly production budgets for each quarter and in total for 2017.
Turney Company produces and sells automobile batteries, the heavy-duty HD-240. The 2017 sales forecast is as follows.
Quarter
HD-240
1
5,000
2
7,000
3
8,000
4
10,000
The January 1, 2017, inventory of HD-240 is 2,000 units. Management desires an ending inventory each quarter equal to 40% of the next quarter’s sales. Sales in the first quarter of 2018 are expected to be 25% higher than sales in the same quarter in 2017.
Instructions
Prepare quarterly production budgets for each quarter and in total for 2017.
Leveraging special tenchniques in analyzing historical data to predict future trends. Forecasting covers the methods and types of forecasting and their application to case studies.
Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A., of Greece makes marine equipment. The company has been experiencing losses on its bilge pump product line for several years. The most recent quarterly contribution format income statement for the bilge pump follows:
Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A.
Income Statement—Bilge Pump
For the Quarter Ended March 31
Sales
$ 410,000
Variable expenses:
Variable manufacturing expenses
$ 123,000
Sales commissions
50,000
Shipping
21,000
Total variable expenses
194,000
Contribution margin
216,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising (for the bilge pump product line)
27,000
Depreciation of equipment (no resale value)
120,000
General factory overhead
38,000*
Salary of product-line manager
113,000
Insurance on inventories
5,000
Purchasing department
49,000†
Total fixed expenses
352,000
Net operating loss
$ (136,000)
*Common costs allocated on the basis of machine-hours.
†Common costs allocated on the basis of…
Do companies maintain two sets of depreciation schedules, one for financial reporting and the other one for tax purposes?
none ??
Chapter 9 Solutions
Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.