Expected quarterly unit sales of cured hams at Rod’s Meat World are 1,200, 2,000, 1,400, and 1,000 for the next 2 years. At the start of the current year, cured ham inventory on hand is 120 units. Rod’s has a desired ending inventory of 15 percent of the upcoming quarter’s sales.
1. Create the production budget in numbers of cured hams for quarters one through four for the current year.