Pearl Products Limited of Shenzhen, China, manufactures and distributes toys throughout South East Asia. Three cubic centimeters (cc) of solvent H300 are required to manufacture each unit of Supermix, one of the companys products. The company now is planning raw materials needs for the third quarter, the quarter in which peak sales of Supermix occur. To keep production and sales moving smoothly, the company has the following inventory requirements:

1. The finished goods inventory on hand at the end of each month must equal 4,000 units of Supermix plus 25% of the next months sales. The finished goods inventory on June 30 is budgeted to be 18,250 units.

2. The raw materials inventory on hand at the end of each month must equal one-half of the following months production needs for raw materials. The raw materials inventory on June 30 is budgeted to be 87,375 cc of solvent H300.

3. The company maintains no work in process inventories.

A monthly sales budget for Supermix for the third and fourth quarters of the year follows.

	Budgeted Unit Sales
July	57,000
August	62,000
September	72,000
October	52,000
November	42,000
December	32,000

Required:

1. Prepare a production budget for Supermix for the months July, August, September, and October.

3. Prepare a direct materials budget showing the quantity of solvent H300 to be purchased for July, August, and September, and for the quarter in total.

Prepare a production budget for Supermix for the months July, August, September, and October.

Pearl Products Limited
Production Budget
	July	August	September	October
Budgeted unit sales
Total needs
Required production in units

Pearl Products Limited
Direct Materials Budget
	July		August		September		Third Quarter
Units of raw materials needed per unit of finished goods		cc		cc		cc		cc
Units of raw materials needed to meet production
Total units of raw materials needed
Units of raw materials to be purchased