Assume the sales budget for April and May is 47,000 units and 49,000 units, respectively. The production budget for the same two months is 44,000 units and 45,000 units, respectively. Each unit of finished goods required 3 pounds of raw materials. The company always maintains raw materials inventory equal to 30% of the following months production needs. If the company pays $2.80 per pound of raw material, then what is the estimated cost of raw material purchases for April

Direct material cost= $372,120

Explanation:

To calculate the purchases of direct material for April, we need to use the following formula:

Purchases= production + desired ending inventory - beginning inventory

Production= 44,000*3= 132,000 pounds

Desired ending inventory= (45,000*3)*0.3= 40,500 pounds

Beginning inventory= (132,000*0.3)= 39,600 pounds

Purchases= 132,000 + 40,500 - 39,600

Purchases= 132,900 pounds

Direct material cost= 132,900*2.8= $372,120

the u.s. census bureau produces data on the population and economy nationwide. it can you to analyze the kind of people living in your neighborhood. it does not show you the market of people willing to buy your product or an existing market for your product. that will require more market research. the census bureau only gives you an insight to the demographics in your area.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.