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Using average quarterly sales smooths out inventory investment throughout the year and reduces the possibility of being out of stock in the final quarters unless sales differ significantly from the previous period.
Using average quarterly sales method also simplifies inventory purchasing by making it the same every quarter. Using actual quarterly sales reduces inventory investment during low-sales quarters. However, if sales are expected to rise by 10%, the low-sales quarters may rise faster than the high-sales quarters, resulting in out-of-stock situations. Another option is to use actual sales for items with large fluctuations and average sales for items with little variation.
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Summer fun t-shirt shop has very seasonal sales. For 2014, management is trying to decide whether to establish a sales budget based on average sales or on sales estimated by quarter. The unit sales for 2014 are expected to be 10 percent higher than 2013 sales. Unit shirt sales by quarter for 2013 were as follows:
children's women's men's total
winter quarter 200 200 100 500
spring quarter 200 250 200 65
summer quarter 400 300 200 900
fall quarter 200 250 100 550
total 1,000 1,000 600 2,600
Children’s t-shirts sell for $12 each, women’s sell for $16, and men’s sell for $17. Assuming a 10 percent increase in sales, prepare a sales budget for each quarter of 2014 using the following: a. average quarterly sales. (hint: winter quarter children’s shirts are 275 [1,000 x 1.10/4].) Suggest advantages of each method. Which one is not an advantage to preparing a sales budget using average quarterly sales?
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