Rockville Cabinet Company makes and sells two products: 2 -drawer and + drawer cabinets. The sales forecasts
Question:
Rockville Cabinet Company makes and sells two products: 2 -drawer and + drawer cabinets. The sales forecasts for these cabinets for the next four quarters are as follows:
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
\hline & \begin{tabular}{l}
2-Drawer \\
Cabinets
\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l}
4-Drawer \\
Cabinets
\end{tabular} \\
\hline 1st quarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 30 & 30 \\
\hline 2nd quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 50 & 60 \\
\hline 3rd quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 90 & 76 \\
\hline 4th quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & $9 \mathrm{\pi}$ & 48 \\
\hline . . . . . . . . . . . . & $\underline{\underline{266}}$ & $\underline{\underline{214}}$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
On January 1, Rockville has a stock of 40 completed 2 -drawer cabinets and 304 -drawer cabinets. Experience indicates that Rockville must maintain an inventory equal to onehalf of the next quarter's sales.
1. How many 2-drawer and 4-drawer cabinets must be produced during each of the first three quarters to meet sales and inventory demands?
2. Interpretive Question: Assume Rockville is a wholesale merchandising company instead of a manufacturing company. How would the budget information provided in (1) change?
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Survey Of Accounting
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