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Tandy, Inc. is in the business of manufacturing men’s and women’s leather comput

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Question

Tandy, Inc. is in the business of manufacturing men’s and women’s leather computer bags. On January 1, 2019 they started their new fiscal year. The following is their trial balance as of December 31, 2018:

       Account                      Dr                 Cr

       Cash                                   $   43,200

       Accounts Receivable                 $     9,000

       Raw Materials Inventory (1)       $    20,240

       Work in Process Inv. (2)                     $            0

       Finished Goods Inv. (3)               $     8,100

       Land                                   $ 225,000

       Equipment                         $ 310,000

       Vehicles                      $   84,200

       Accumulated Depreciation                             $     55,100

       Long-term Investments              $   78,500

       Accounts Payable                                    $     14,700

       Wages Payable                                               $       8,470

       Mortgage Payable (4)                                      $   214,500

       Common Stock (5)                                   $     25,000

       APIC                                                       $ 125,000

       Retained Earnings                                    $   335,470

              Totals                          $    778,240             $   778,240

Includes 2,860 feet of leather at $4 per foot, 5,000 feet of nylon lining at $1.25 per foot, and 510 golden buckles at $5 per buckle

No bags are currently in process at the beginning of January

Includes 150 completed bags (manufacturing overhead has been applied)

Monthly payments (interest and principle) are $ 2,500

$0.10 par value, 300,000 share authorized and 250,000 share outstanding

For the coming year, you have been put in charge of creating the operational budget schedules and the cash budget. Below is information for the first three months of the fiscal year.

Sales Forecasts

For this coming year, you have raised your sales price to $125 per bag. Based on sales contracts you have signed with your major corporate customers, you anticipate the following sales for the first three months of 2019:

       January         250 bags

       February 225 bags

       March           190 bags

According to the terms of the sales contracts you require each customer to pay 80% of the sales price in the month of sale and 20% in the month following. In December 2018, Tandy had $30,000 in total sales.

The production process

Each bag produced requires 4 feet of leather, 9 feet of nylon, 3 gold buckles, and 3.5 hours of direct labor. Currently you are paying your assembly workers $17 / hour. In order to meet the following month’s demand, Tandy desires to keep 45% of the next month’s sales in Finished Goods Inventory. Tandy is forecasting sales in April, 2019 of 285 bags. Additionally, they also keep 30% of next month’s production needs in raw materials inventory. Tandy anticipates production of 255 units in April, 2019. Tandy has signed contracts with their suppliers to purchase leather at $4 a foot and buckles at $5 per buckle for the following year. Their policy is to pay for 75% of raw materials at the time of purchase and the remaining 25% in the following month.

Required: Please prepare the sales and production budgets for January – March of 2010.

Explanation / Answer

Note: Rounded off to the nearest whole number.

Tandy Inc. Sales Budget January February March Quarter Budgeted sales units 250 225 190 665 Selling price per unit $ 125 125 125 125 Total sales $ 31250 28125 23750 83125 Tandy Inc. Prodution Budget January February March Quarter Next month's budgeted sales (units) 225 190 285 Desired ending inventory as a percentage of next month's sales 45% 45% 45% Ending inventory 101 86 128 128 Budgeted sales units 250 225 190 665 Total needs 351 311 318 793 Less: Beginning inventory 150 101 86 150 Budgeted production (units) 201 210 232 643
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