Consider the following data for the Assembly Department of Pink Manufacturing Company: Quantity: Work in Process - May 1 Started in May 202A Completed during May 202A Work in Process - May 31, 202A Stage of Completion: Materials Conversion costs Cost Data Work in Process May 1 90% 40% P 80 500 460 120 Materials 49,336 322,000 Work in Process May 31 60% 30% Conversion Cost P 9,104 139,200 Work in Process - May 1_ Cost added during May The Assembly department uses the average method of process costing. Required: Cost of production report for the month of May.
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.
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