Exercise 8-3 Direct Materials Budget [LO8-4]

Two grams of musk oil are required for each bottle of Mink Caress, a very popular perfume made by a small company in western Siberia. The cost of the musk oil is $1.90 per gram. Budgeted production of Mink Caress is given below by quarters for Year 2 and for the first quarter of Year 3:

Year 2 Year 3. First Second Third Fourth First 92,000 Budgeted production, in bottles 82,000 112,000 172,000 122,000 Musk oil has become so popular as a perfume ingredient that it has become necessary to carry large inventories as a precaution against stock-outs. For this reason, the inventory of musk oil at the end of a quarter must be equal to 20% of the following quarter's production needs. Some 32,800 grams of musk oil will be on hand to start the first quarter of Year 2. Required: Prepare a direct materials budget for musk oil, by quarter and in total, for Year 2. (Round "Unit cost of raw materials" answers to 2 decimal places.) Mink Caress Direct Materials Budget Year 2 Quarter First Second Third Fourth Year Required production in units of finished goods Units of raw materials needed per unit of finished goods Units of raw materials needed to meet production 0 Total units of raw materials needed 0 0 0 0 0 Units of raw materials to be purchased Unit cost of raw materials Cost of raw materials to purchased