Pletcher Company produces and sells automobile batteries, the heavy-duty HD-240. The 2011 sales forecast is as follows.

Question:

Pletcher Company produces and sells automobile batteries, the heavy-duty HD-240. The 2011 sales forecast is as follows.
Quarter HD-240
1 ......... 5,000
2 ......... 7,000
3 ......... 8,000
4 ....... 10,000
The January 1, 2011, inventory of HD-240 is 2,500 units. Management desires an each quarter equal to 50% of the next quarter’s sales. Sales in the first quarter of 2012 are expected to be 30% higher than sales in the same quarter in 2011.

Instructions
Prepare quarterly production budgets for each quarter and in total for 2011.

Ending Inventory
The ending inventory is the amount of inventory that a business is required to present on its balance sheet. It can be calculated using the ending inventory formula Ending Inventory Formula =...