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Greener Grass Fertilizer Company plans to sell 300,000 units of finished product in July and anticipates a growth rate in sales of 4 percent per month

Accounting Dec 01, 2020

Greener Grass Fertilizer Company plans to sell 300,000 units of finished product in July and anticipates a growth rate in sales of 4 percent per month. The desired monthly ending inventory in units of finished product is 90 percent of the next month's estimated sales. There are 270,000 finished units in inventory on June 30. Each unit of finished product requires 5 pounds of raw material at a cost of $1.85 per pound. There are 830,000 pounds of raw material in inventory on June 30. Required: 1. Compute the company's total required production in units of finished product for the entire three-month period ending September 30. (Round all intermediate calculations and your final answer to the nearest unit.) 2. Independent of your answer to requirement (1), assume the company plans to produce 640,000 units of finished product in the three-month period ending September 30, and to have raw-material inventory on hand at the end of the three-month period equal to 25 percent of the use in that period. Compute the total estimated cost of raw-material purchases for the entire three-month period ending mber 30. 1. Total required production in units : 2. Total estimated cost

Expert Solution

1 total required production in units 970193

calculation:-

particulars july august september total
estimated sales in units 300000 312000 324480  
add:desired closing inventory 280800 292032 303713  
less:opening inventory 270000 280800 292032  
estimated units needed to produced 310800 323232 336161 970193

notes:-

a)sales in each month is 4% more than that of previous month

b)desired closing inventory is 90% of next month sales.

c)sales in october=324480+4%=337459 units and closing stock of september=90%x337459=303713 units

d)closing inventory of a month is the opening inventory of next month.

2 total estimated cost $5864500

calculation:-

particulars for the quarter
estimated production in units(a) 640000
raw material needed per unit in pounds(b) 5
total rawmaterial neede(a*b) 3200000
add:desired ending inventory 800000
less:opening stock of rawmaterial 830000
total rawmaterial to be purchased( C) 3170000
cost per pound of rawmaterial(d) in dollar 1.85
total rawmaterial cost 5864500

 

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