Production Budget

Palmgren Company produces consumer products. The sales budget for four months of the year is presented below.

	Unit Sales	Dollar Sales
July	30,000	$975,000
August	34,000	1,062,900
September	38,500	1,206,000
October	35,500	1,141,600

Company policy requires that ending inventories for each month be 25 percent of next months sales. At the beginning of July, the beginning inventory of consumer products met that policy.

Required:

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

Palmgren Company
Production Budget
For the Third Quarter
	July	August	September	Total
Unit sales
< >Desired ending inventoryLess: Beginning inventoryUnits producedUnit sales
Total needed
< >Desired ending inventoryLess: Beginning inventoryUnit salesUnits produced
Units produced