Lyon Factory Ltd manufactures two products: chairs and stools. Each chair requires m of
upholstery and kg steel. Each stool requires m of upholstery and kg of steel. Upholstery costs
$ per meter and steel costs $ per kilogram.
Lyon Factory expects inventories at January to be as follows:
Chairs Stools Upholstery
units units m
Inventories of raw materials should not be allowed to fall below the amounts given as at January
Inventories of finished furniture at the beginning of each month should be enough to cover
of the anticipated sales for that month. Upholstery is ordered in units of m and steel in
units of kg
Half of the materials purchased are paid for in the month of purchase and the other half in
the following month.
The sales budget for the first three months for the year is as follows:
January February March
Chairs units units units
Stools units units units
HINT Remember start with sales and production budgets start with finished goods units.
Use the information provided to answer the following questions:
a kilograms of steel is required for January's actual production and kilograms of steel is
required for February's actual production. How many kilograms of steel will Lyon Factory Ltd need
to purchase for January and February?
b What is the expected total cost of the steel purchases in January and February?
c What is the expected cash disbursement in February for purchases of steel? please give me step by step solution in text and explain me the question and please answer it as soon as possible