The role of management accountants has been well-known to the corporate world as they widely contribute for performing planning, controlling and decision making functions effectively and efficiently through providing solid accounting information with good analysis. Liebherr Industries has been growing in terms of revenue and its customer base over the past decade. The Board of Directors of the company has been claiming that they should have one management accountant for their company to achieve better performance in the coming periods.

Production and Cost Details

Liebherr manufactures and sells many replacement parts for its equipment. PX-111 is one of such parts that has following cost and selling price structure:

Information $ per unit
Selling Price 700

Direct Material
300
(per unit of material) 300
Direct Labour cost 50 per hour 300

Number of labor hours needed to manufacture one unit of product 6 hours Fixed Costs for the company
$40,000
Estimations for the next year 2021
The company has estimated the following information;
(i) Sales Estimations First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Number of units to be sold (Units) 1,000 1,100 1,200 1,300

(ii) Inventory estimations Inventory Beginning (first quarter) Ending Finished Goods 200 units The company desires to have an ending inventory each quarter equal to 25% of the next quarter’s sales. The first quarter’s sales for the following year (2022) is expected to be 1,400 units Materials $120,000 The company desires the ending balance in materials inventory to be 45% of the next quarter’s cost of materials. The cost of materials for the first quarter in the following year (2022) is expected to be $170,400

Required:
Based on the estimated information given above, prepare
A. Sales Budget (10 marks)
B. Production Budget (10 marks)

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

Solution Sales budget 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Year Sales unit 1000 1100 ... View the full answer