CJ Jewelry Company makes and sells rings and necklaces, both of which require gold and silver to make. Actual sales in 2020 were 1,800 rings and 2,500 necklaces. On 12/31/2020, the finished goods inventory account contained 87 rings at a cost of $200 per ring and 120 necklaces at a cost of $285 per necklace. On 12/31/2020, the direct materials inventory account contained 2,800 grams of gold at a cost of $30 per gram and 910 ounces of silver at a cost of $25 per ounce.

CJ Jewelry Company is preparing its operating budget for the year 2021 and has provided the following information about expected activity in 2021:

• Sales of rings are expected to decrease by 15% and sales of necklaces are expected to increase by 20%, as compared to the 2020 unit sales amounts

• The rings are expected to sell for $400 each and the necklaces are expected to sell for $525 each

• The target ending finished goods inventory (in units) for each product is expected to equal 10%

  of its budgeted sales for the year

• Producing one ring requires 6 grams of gold and 0.75 ounces of silver and producing one

  necklace requires 9 grams of gold and 0.5 ounces of silver

• Gold is expected to cost $32 per gram and silver is expected to cost $28 per ounce

• Gross margin is expected to be 40% of budgeted revenues for the year

• Selling costs are expected to include $83,000 for packaging, $65,000 for marketing, and $16.95

  per unit sold for sales commissions and shipping

• Administrative costs are expected to include $190,000 for salaries, $140,000 for rent, and $4.60

  per unit sold for office support costs

• All inventory is accounted for using FIFO

1. Prepare the production budget in units for CJ Jewelry Company for the year 2021.

2. Prepare the direct materials usage budget in units and dollars for CJ Jewelry Company for the year 2021.

3. Prepare the budgeted income statement in dollars for CJ Jewelry Company for the year 2021.

4. Assume XYZ Manufacturing Company has already prepared its operating budget for 2021; however, Sam, the direct materials purchasing manager, has some updated information to be used in the budget. He has been under pressure to reduce the costs of direct materials and he has just negotiated a contract with a new supplier of plastic, a key direct material in the companys products. Under the terms of this contract, the new supplier will provide the company all its plastic in 2021 and they will charge the company a lower price for the plastic than the current supplier. Sam has provided this updated information on the expected price of plastic for the 2021 operating budget.

Use the table below in column (a) to state whether each of the parts of the operating budget will change as a result of this change in plastic supplier.

For the ones that will change, use column (b) to explain specifically how they will change (i.e., after the new information is incorporated into the operating budget, what exactly will be different on each part of the operating budget that you expect to change and how will it be different?)

(a) Will it change?

(b) For the ones that change, explain specifically how it will change

Operating budget parts	(a) Will it change?	b) For the ones that change, explain specifically how it will change
Revenues budget
Production budget
Direct material usage budget
Direct material purchases budget
Direct labor cost budget
Manufacturing overhead cost budget
Budgeted unit cost of ending finished goods inventory
Ending inventories budget
Cost of goods sold budget
Operating costs budget
Budgeted income statement