Question

Wright maintains an ending inventory for each month in the amount of one and one-half times the expected sales in the following month. The ending inventory for February (March’s beginning inventory) reflects this policy. Materials cost $5 per unit and are paid for in the month after production. Labor cost is $9 per unit and is paid for in the month incurred. Fixed overhead is $13,000 per month. Dividends of $20,200 are to be paid in May. The firm produced 7,000 units in February.

Answer 1

Explanation:

In the above problem the cash payments of wright corporation is given. From which the production schedule and summary of payments for the month of March, April and May are calculated.

The inventory of the given month is taken as 1.5 times the projected sales for the next month.  Material cost and labor cost is given per unit cost on the projected sale for last month.