Question

Trevor Company expects sales of Product W to be 60,000 units in April, 75,000 units in May, and 70,000 units in June. The company desires that the inventory on hand at the end of each month be equal to 40% of the next month's expected unit sales. Due to excessive production during March, on March 31 there were 25,000 units of Product W in the ending inventory. Given this information, Trevor Company's production of Product W for the month of April should be:

Answer 1

Answer:

65000 units

Explanation:

Given:

Expected sales of product W in April  = 60000 units

Expected sales of product W in May  = 75000 units

Expected sales of product W in June  = 70000 units

Inventory in hand at the end of each month = 40% of the next month's expected sale

Inventory expected at the end of the April = 40% of the expected sales in May

or

Inventory expected at the end of the April = 0.4 × 75000 = 30000 units

Therefore, the total units required in April =  Expected sales of product W in April + Inventory expected at the end of the April

or

the total units required in April = 60000 + 30000 = 90000 units

Now,

Excessive production in March (inventory) = 25000 units

Hence, the units required to be produced in April = the total units required in April - Excessive production in March (inventory)

or

the units required to be produced in April = 90000 - 25000 = 65000 units