Optima Sdn Bhd (OSB) manufactures and sells product X. In the first four months of the coming year, OSB expects the following unit sales:
January 41,000
February 38,000
March 50,000
April 51,000
The selling price is RM35 per unit. OSB’s policy is to have 25% of next month’s sales in ending inventory. The beginning inventory of product X is 6,700 units.
Each product X require 5.5 kg of material P1 and 1 kg of materials P2. Company policy requires that ending inventories of materials for each month to be 15% of the next month’s production needs. That policy was met for the ending inventory of December in the prior year. The cost of material for 1 kg of P1 is RM2.00. The cost of material for one kg of P2 is RM1.60. Each unit of product X takes 0.3 direct labour hours. The rate per hour is RM18 per hour.
Prepare separate direct materials purchase budgets for P1 and P2 for the month of January and February