Operating budgets: production plan Borders Manufacturing is developing a sales and production plan as part of its master budgeting process. Following are the projected monthly sales, which occur uniformly during each month, for the upcoming year:

BORDERS MANUFACTURING

PROJECTED MONTHLY SALES

MONTH

UNIT SALES

   

January

8,742

February

9,415

March

7,120

April

8,181

May

7,942

June

9,681

July

2,511

August

2,768

September

2,768

October

2,283

November

1,542

December

1,980

January

8,725

   

Production for each month equals one half of the current month’s sales plus one half of the next month’s projected sales. Develop the production plan for Borders Manufacturing for the upcoming year.