A company has budgeted production for next year as follows:Q…
A company has budgeted production for next year as follows:QuarterFirstSecondThirdFourthRequired production (units)45,00038,00034,00048,000Each unit of product requires three pounds of direct material. The company’s policy is to begin each quarter with an inventory of direct materials equal to 30% of that quarter’s direct material requirements. zBudgeted direct materials purchases for the third quarter would be: