The Excel worksheet form that appears on the next page is to be used to recreate the Review Problem on pages 368369. Download the workbook containing this form from the Online Learning Center at www.mhhe.com/garrison15e. On the website you will also receive instructions about how to use this worksheet form.

1.) Check your worksheet by changing the budgeted unit sales in Quarter 2 of Year 2 in cell C5 to 75,000 units. The total expected cash collections for the year should now be $2,085,000. If you do not get this answer, find the errors in your worksheet and correct them. Have the total cash disbursements for the year changed? Why or why not?

2.) The company has just hired a new marketing manager who insists that unit sales can be dramatically increased by dropping the selling price from $8 to $7. The marketing manager would like to use the following projections in the budget:

a. What are the total expected cash collections for the year under this revised budget?

b. What is the total required production for the year under this revised budget?

c. What is the total cost of raw materials to be purchased for the year under this revised budget?

d. What are the total expected cash disbursements for raw materials for the year under this revised budget?

e. After seeing this revised budget, the production manager cautioned that due to the limited availability of a complex milling machine, the plant can produce no more than 90,000 units in any one quarter. Is this a potential problem? If so, what can be done about it?