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1. Logan Township acquired its water system from a private company on June 1. No receivables were acquired with the purchase. Therefore, total accounts receivable on June 1 had a zero balance.

Logan plans to bill customers in the month following the month of sale, and 70% of the resulting billings will be collected during the billing month. In the next following month, 90% of the remaining balance should be collectable. The remaining uncollectible amounts will relate to citizens who have moved away. Such amounts are never expected to be collected and will be written off.

Water sales during June are estimated at $3,000,000, and expected to increase 30% in July. August sales will be 10% less than July sales.

(a) For each dollar of sales, how much is expected to be collected?
(b) Estimate the monthly cash collections for June, July, August, and September.
(c) As of the end of August, how much will be the estimated amount of receivables from which future cash flows are anticipated?

2. Scalia Systems manufactures rugged handheld computers for use in adverse working environments. Scalia tries to maintain inventory at 40% of the following month's expected unit sales. Scalia began the year with 8,000 units in stock, based on the following unit sales projections prepared by the sales manager:

January 20,000
February 25,000
March 18,000
April 22,000

Prepare a schedule of planned unit production for January through March.

3. Prepare a direct materials purchasing plan for January, February, and March, based on the following facts:

Lana Gonzales owns a business that assembles ceiling fan units. Each fan requires one motor system and four blades. Motors cost $40 each, and blades are $3.50 each. Lana is able to reliably obtain motors as needed, and does not maintain them in inventory. However, blades are stocked in inventory sufficient to produce 30% of the following month's expected production. Planned production is as follows:

January 10,000
February 12,000
March 15,000
April 11,000

In accordance with the stocking plan, January's beginning inventory included 12,000 blades.

4. Nolan Johnson is CFO for a newly formed furniture manufacturing company. Below is the anticipated monthly production for the first year of operation, and beyond. Nolan is interested in learning which of the first twelve months will require cash outlays of more than $100,000 toward the purchase of lumber. Each unit requires 20 board feet of lumber at $5.80 per board foot. All lumber is purchased in the month prior to its expected use. Lumber purchases are paid for 10% in the month of purchase, 40% in the month following the month of purchase, and 50% in the second month following the month of purchase.

Month	Units
January	0
February	800
March	500
April	1,200
May	700
June	900
July	300
August	600
September	800
October	1,300
November	400
December	400
January	600

Which months will require cash outlays in excess of the $100,000 amount? Does the production in any given month necessarily correspond to the cash flow for that same month? What are the business implications of your observation?

5. The chief financial officer for Cast In Stone concrete products had previously established a line of credit with a local bank that enables Cast In Stone to borrow 80% of the company's inventory balance. The company currently has 1,000 units in stock, and is performing "on budget." The budget anticipated that direct labor cost would be $15 per hour, and factory overhead is applied to production based on $7.50 per direct labor hour. Each unit requires 2.5 labor hours and 800 pounds of direct material. The direct material costs $0.10 per pound.
Determine the amount of credit available under the borrowing agreement.

6. Printers Plus is a retailer of printers and ink cartridges. The printers carry a low profit margin and the ink cartridges a very high margin. Following is an aggregated budgeted performance plan for 20X5.

Budgeted Performance Report All Stores For the Year Ending December 31, 20X5
Sales
Printers	$ 4,500,000
Cartridges	4,500,000
Total sales	$ 9,000,000
Less: Variable expenses
Printers	$ 4,000,000
Cartridges	1,500,000
Total variable expenses	$ 5,500,000
Contribution margin	$ 3,500,000
Traceable fixed costs	1,550,000
Location margin	$ 1,950,000
Common fixed costs	1,400,000
Stores margin	$ 550,000

Although total sales met expectations for the year, management is upset that the targeted margins were not achieved. Following is the store by store"" actual performance report. Evaluate the detailed data and write a paragraph explaining the loss. If each store has a positive margin, as shown in the following report, why is management upset?

Actual Performance Report All Stores For the Year Ending December 31, 20X5
	Store A	Store B	Store C
Sales
Printers	$ 2,000,000	$ 2,500,000	$ 1,000,000
Cartridges	500,000	2,000,000	1,000,000
Total sales	$ 2,500,000	$ 4,500,000	$ 2,000,000
Less: Variable expenses
Printers	$ 1,777,778	$ 2,222,222	$ 888,889
Cartridges	166,667	666,667	333,333
Total variable expenses	$ 1,944,444	$ 2,888,889	$ 1,222,222
Contribution margin	$ 555,556	$ 1,611,111	$ 777,778
Traceable fixed costs	450,000	600,000	500,000
Location margin	$ 105,556	$ 1,011,111	$ 277,778

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