The following information has been prepared for Tom Limited for the six months to 30 September 2011: Budgeted production levels for product X
Units
April 140
May 280
June 700
July 380
August 300
September 240

Product X uses two units of component A6 and three units of component B9. On 1 April 2011 there were expected to be 100 units of A6 in stock, and 200 units of B9. The desired closing stock levels of each component were as follows:
Month-end 2011 A6 B9
(units) (units)
30 April 110 250
31 May 220 630
30 June 560 340
31 July 300 300
31 August 240 200
30 September 200 180

During the six months to 30 September 2011, component A6 was expected to be purchased at a cost of £5 per unit, and component B9 at a cost of £10 per unit.

Required:
Prepare the following budgets for each of the six months to 30 September 2011:
(a) direct materials usage budget
(b) direct materials purchase budget

Cadbury has a chocolate factory in dunedin, new zealand. for easter, it makes two kinds of “easter eggs”: milk chocolate and dark chocolate. it cycles between producing milk and dark chocolate eggs. the table below provides data on these two products. demand (lbs per hour) milk: 500 dark: 200 switchover time (minutes) milk: 60 dark: 30 production rate per hour milk: 800 dark: 800 for example, it takes 30 minutes to switch production from milk to dark chocolate. demand for milk chocolate is higher (500lbs per hour versus 200 lbs per hour), but the line produces them at the same rate (when operating): 800 lbs per hour. a : suppose cadbury produces 2,334lbs milk chocolate and 1,652 lbs of dark chocolate in each cycle. what would be the maximum inventory (lbs) of milk chocolate? b : how many lbs of milk and dark chocolate should be produced with each cycle so as to satisfy demand while minimizing inventory?