Which type of cost system, process or job order, would be best suited for each of the following:(a) TV assembler, (b) building contractor,(c) automobile repair shop, (d) paper manufacturer, and (e) custom jewelry manufacturer? Give reasons for your answers.

What is the best reponse to this post? ob costing is a way for businesses to manage the costs and profitability of a specific job or project. This type of cost accounting is most beneficial to companies that make custom/unique products. An industry that may choose job costing is a construction company. They may specialize in a particular service, such as installing water pipes underground, but each project will vary in size, length, location, etc. They would use this method because each project would vary widely, so you could not spread the costs evenly for each one. Process costing is a way of evenly spreading costs for their products because all products are either mass-produced or very similar. An example of a company that would use process costing is a paper company. They produce one product in large quantities to allocate the costs evenly for each batch produced. The main difference between the two is how the overhead is assigned to the product, where job costing is more for…

Job order costing would be well-suited for which of the following businesses?     candy bar processing     taxidermy     pencil production     rice farming

Overhead application to costs is a critical issue for the costing of your products. We are studying several ways to handle this situation. What would cause an overhead to be overapplied, or underapplied. Discuss the results to your decision making and the financial statements for each of those two situations.

Concepts and terminology From the choices presented in parentheses, choose the appropriate term for completing each of the following sentences:   Materials for use in production are called (supplies, materials inventory). An example of factory overhead is (electricity used to run assembly line, CEO salary).

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What are the major differences between job-order costing and process costing systems? Give an example of a well-known company that might use job costing, and an example of a well-known company that might use process costing. Explain why you have chosen the companies that you did, and do not choose companies upon which your classmates have already commented. Participate in follow-up discussion by commenting on your classmates’ choices of companies.