Yang Company has budgeted the following unit sales:
2015 Units
January 15,000
February 10,000
March 12,000
April 11,000
May 16,000
The finished goods units on hand on December 31, 2014, was 1,000 units. Each unit requires 2 pounds of raw materials that are estimated to cost an average of $5 per pound. It is the company's policy to maintain a finished goods inventory at the end of each month equal to 15% of next month's anticipated sales. They also have a policy of maintaining a raw materials inventory at the end of each month equal to 25% of the pounds needed for the following month's production. There were 9,000 pounds of raw materials on hand at December 31, 2014
INSTRUCTIONS
For the first quarter of 2015, prepare
a) a production budget and
b) a direct materials budget.