Model 5: Production and purchase budgets

The following are the estimates of a company for 8 months ending 31 December 2009:

Month

Estimated Sales (Units)

April 2009

8,000

May 2009

10,000

June 2009

12,000

July 2009

8,000

August 2009

7,000

September 2009

10,000

October 2009

13,000

November 2009

15,000

As a matter of policy, the company maintains the closing balance of finished goods and raw materials as follows:

Stock item

Closing balance of months

Finished goods

50% of the estimated sales for the next months.

Raw materials

Estimated consumption for the next month.

Every unit of production requires 2 kg of raw material costing Rs. 10 per kg.

You are required to prepare (a) production budget (in units) and (b) raw-material-purchase budget (in units and cost) of the company for the period ending 30 September 2009.