Production and purchases budgets Osage, Inc., has actual sales for May and June and forecast sales for July, August, September, and October as follows:

Actual:
May	5,900 units
June	6,200 units
Forecast:
July	6,000 units
August	6,800 units
September	5,600 units
October	3,700 units

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Required:

a.

The firms policy is to have finished goods inventory on hand at the end of the month that is equal to 70% of the next months sales. It is currently estimated that there will be 4,000 units on hand at the end of June. Calculate the number of units to be produced in each of the months of July, August, and September.

b.

Each unit of finished product requires 6.5 pounds of raw materials. The firms policy is to have raw material inventory on hand at the end of each month that is equal to 60% of the next months estimated usage. It is currently estimated that 26,000 pounds of raw materials will be on hand at the end of June. Calculate the number of pounds of raw materials to be purchased in each of the months of July and August.