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Assign costs to the assembly department’s output—specifically, the units transferred out to the painting department and the units that remain in process in the assembly department at month-end. Use the weighted-average method.
Carlberg Company has two manufacturing departments, assembly and painting. The assembly department started 12,300 units during November. The following production activity unit and cost information refers to the assembly department’s November production activities.
Assembly Department | Units | Percent of Direct Materials |
Percent of Conversion |
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Beginning work in process | 3,200 | 75 | % | 25 | % | ||||
Units transferred out | 10,200 | 100 | % | 100 | % | ||||
Ending work in process | 5,300 | 90 | % | 40 | % | ||||
Beginning work in process inventory—Assembly dept |
$ | 1,767 (consists of $1,143 for direct materials and $624 for conversion) |
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Costs added during the month: | |||
Direct materials | $ | 13,827 | |
Conversion | $ | 17,856 | |
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