RS is currently preparing the production budget for Product A
January 14th, 2018
RS is currently preparing the production budget for Product A and the material purchase budget for material X for the forthcoming year. Each unit of Product A requires 5 kgs of material X.The anticipated opening inventory for Product A is 5,000 units and the company wishes to increase the closing inventory by 30% by the end of the year.The anticipated opening inventory for material X is 50,000 kgs and in order to avoid stock outs the required closing inventory has been increased to 60,000 kgs.The Sales Director has confirmed a sales requirement of 70,000 units of Product A.How many units of Product A will need to be produced?A. 68,500 unitsB. 71,500 unitsC. 76,500 units