Q7. Suppose a company manufactures and sells a chemical product. The company processes the product in two departments. The March production data for Department B is: Beginning WIP 0 Units started this period 11,000 Units completed and transferred 9,000 Ending WIP units 2,000 Direct materials $1,100 Direct labor $2,880 Applied overhead $8,880 a) Show the physical flow of units. The 2,000 units in ending inventory are 40% complete as to conversion costs. b) Calculate the equivalent units for materials, labor and overhead. Hint: Show both materials and conversion.
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
Q7. Suppose a company manufactures and sells a chemical product. The company processes the product in two departments. The March production data for Department B is:
Beginning WIP 0 Units started this period 11,000 Units completed and transferred 9,000 Ending WIP units 2,000 Direct materials $1,100 Direct labor $2,880 Applied overhead $8,880
a) Show the physical flow of units. The 2,000 units in ending inventory are 40% complete as to conversion costs.
b) Calculate the equivalent units for materials, labor and overhead.
Hint: Show both materials and conversion.
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