Big Company manufactures keyboards. Management wishes to develop budgets for the upcoming quarter based on the following data:
- sales in units 800 units
- selling price per unit $60
- inventory at beginning of the quarter (FG) 80 units
- desired ending inventory (FG) 130 units
- direct materials per unit 4 ounces plastic
- plastic inventory at beginning of quarter 136 ounces
- desired ending inventory of plastic 84 ounces
- plastic cost $.18 per ounce
Compute the budgeted quantity of plastic which needs to be purchased for the next quarter.