Work in process inventory, September 1 (2,000 units, 100% complete with respect to direct materials, 80% complete with respect to direct labor and overhead; consists of $45,000 of direct materials cost and $56,320 conversion cost). Costs incurred in September $101,320 $375,000 $341,000 Direct materials Conversion . Work in process inventory, September 30 (7,000 units, 100% complete with respect to direct materials, 40% complete with respect to conversion) Units started in September Units completed and transferred to finished goods inventory. 24 28,000 23,000
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.
Information for the Hi-Test company’s production process for September in the attached picture. Assume that all materials are added at the beginning of this production process, and that conversion costs are added uniformly throughout the process.
Compute each of the following.
- The number of equivalent units for materials for the month.
- The number of equivalent units for conversion for the month.
- The variable cost per equivalent unit of materials for the month.
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