Cowles Corporation, Inc. makes and sells a single product,

August

13,000 units

September

13,500 units

October

14,500 units

November

13,600 units

December

The company wants to maintain monthly ending inventories of Material K equal to 30% of the following month’s production needs. On July 31, this requirement was not met because only 3,500 yards of Material K were on hand. The cost of Material K is $0.80 per yard. The company wants to prepare a Direct Materials Purchase Budget for the rest of the year.

The total needs (i.e., production requirements plus desired ending inventory) of Material K for November are:

40,800

44,940

37,380

52,410