Weatherly Lumber Company processes wood pulp for manufacturing various paper products. The company employs a process costing system for its manufacturing operations. All direct materials are added at the beginning of the process, and conversion costs are incurred uniformly throughout the process. This is the company's production schedule for May: Materials Work-in-Process Inventory, May 1 Started during May Units to account for Units from beginning Work-in-Process, which were completed and transferred out during May Started and completed during May Work-in-Process Inventory, May 31 Total units accounted for The following cost data are available: Work-in-Process Inventory, May 1 Direct materials Conversion Costs incurred during May Direct materials Conversion $ 19,900 36,012 191,640 280,900 Tons of Pulp Conversion 2,000 12,000 14,000 2,000 7,200 4,800 14,000 Percent Completed 100% 100% Required: 1. Calculate the equivalent units of direct materials and conversion during May. Use the FIFO method. 50% 50% 2. Calculate the cost per equivalent unit for both direct materials and conversion during May. Use the FIFO method
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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