Production Budget and Direct Materials Purchases Budgets

Peanut Land Inc. produces all-natural organic peanut butter. The peanut butter is sold in 12-ounce jars. The sales budget for the first four months of the year is as follows:

	Unit Sales	Dollar Sales ($)
January	80,000	144,000
February	70,000	126,000
March	50,000	90,000
April	54,000	97,200

Company policy requires that ending inventories for each month be 10% of next month's sales. At the beginning of January, the inventory of peanut butter is 34,000 jars. Each jar of peanut butter needs two raw materials: 24 ounces of peanuts and one jar. Company policy requires that ending inventories of raw materials for each month be 20% of the next month's production needs. That policy was met on January 1.

Required:

1. Prepare a production budget for the first quarter of the year. Show the number of jars that should be produced each month as well as for the quarter in total.

Sales				Totals
Desired ending inventory
Total needs
Less: Beginning inventory
Units produced

2. Prepare a direct materials purchases budget for jars for the months of January and February.

Production			Totals
Jar
Jars for production
Desired ending inventory
Total needs
Less: Beginning inventory
Jars purchased

3. Prepare a direct materials purchases budget for peanuts for the months of January and February.

	Jan	Feb
Production
Ounces
Ounces for production
Desired ending inventory
Total needs
Less: Beginning inventory
Ounces purchased