Mazzitelli Company manufactures boxes. To manufacture a box, it takes 20 units of wood and 1 unit of plastic. Scheduled production of boxes for the next two months is 1, 050 and 1, 250 boxes, respectively. Beginning inventory is 8, 000 units of wood and 60 units of plastic. The ending inventory of wood is planned to decrease 1, 000 units each of the next two months, and the plastic inventory is expected to increase 10 units each of the next two months.
Based on this information, the number of units of wood that Mazzitelli needs to purchase during the first month is:
a. 1, 000 units
b. 20, 000 units
c. 2, 000 units
d. 9, 000 units