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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • October 24, 2014 at 5:17 pm #205842
    gabbi08
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    Dear Mr Moffat

    Could you kindly confirm if I have answer below question correctly? Unfortunately the answer for this specific question was not provided so I cannot cross check by myself.

    Question:

    A manufacturing business makes and sells widgets. Each widget requires two units of raw materials which cost $3 each. Production and sales quantities of widgets each month are as follow:

    Month Sale and Production (units)
    December (actual) 50,000
    January (budget) 55,000
    February (budget) 60,000
    March (budget) 65,000

    In the past, the business has maintained its inventory of raw materials at 100,000 units. However, it plans to increase raw material inventories to 110,000 units at the end of January and 120,000 units at the end of February. the business takes one month’s credit from its suppliers.

    Calculate the forecast payments to suppliers each months, for raw material purchases.

    My working

    December = 50000*2 =100,000 (production) + 100,000 (closing inventory) @ $3 = $600,000

    January = (100000) (Open Inventory) + 55000*2=110000 +110000 (closing inventory) @$3= 360000

    February = (110000) (Open Inventory) + 60000*2=120000 + 120000 (closing inventory) @ $3 = $390000

    As the business takes a month to pay their suppliers the payment per month will be:

    January $300,000
    February 360,000
    March 390,000

    Is it correct?

    Thank you very much

    Gabbi

    October 25, 2014 at 9:10 am #205888
    John Moffat
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    Your answer at the end is correct (but your workings for December earlier is different and is wrong! The purchases in December will be 300,000 (not 600,000) because the opening inventory would have been 100,000 units as well. However, you used the correct figure in your final answer.)

    October 25, 2014 at 12:17 pm #205909
    gabbi08
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    Thank a lot. Got it the missed figure (opening inventory for December)

    Gabbi

    October 25, 2014 at 2:12 pm #205919
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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