Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Managerial Chapters (6th Edition)
Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Managerial Chapters (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134486857
Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18, Problem 24E

Shea Winery- in Pleasant Valley, New York, has two departments: Fermenting and Packaging. Direct materials are added at the beginning of the fermenting process (grapes) and at the end of the packaging process (bottles). Conversion costs are added evenly throughout each process. The company uses the weighted-average method. Data from the month of March for the Fermenting Department are as follows:

Chapter 18, Problem 24E, Shea Winery- in Pleasant Valley, New York, has two departments: Fermenting and Packaging. Direct

Requirements

  1. 1. Compute the Fermenting Department’s equivalent units of production for direct materials and for conversion costs.
  2. 2. Compute the total costs of the units (gallons)
  3. a. completed and transferred out to the Packaging Department.
  4. b. in the Fermenting Department ending Work-in-Process Inventory.

Refer to the data and your answers from Exercise El8-23.

Requirements

  1. 1. Prepare the journal entries to record the assignment of direct materials and direct labor and the allocation of manufacturing overhead to the Fermenting Department. Assume labor costs are accrued and not yet paid. Also prepare the journal entry

    to record the cost of the gallons completed and transferred out to the Packaging Department.

  2. 2. Post the journal entries to the Work-in-Process Inventory—Fermenting T-account. W hat is the ending balance?
  3. 3. What is the average cost per gallon transferred out of the Fermenting Department into the Packaging Department? Why would Shea Winery’s managers want to know this cost?
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Anderson Winery in Napa Valley, California, has two departments: Fermenting and packing. Direct materials are added at the beginning of the fermenting process (grapes) and at the end of the packaging process (bottles). Conversion costs are added evenly throughout each process.Data from the month of March for the Fermenting Department are as follows: Beginning Work in Process Inventory                                  -0- gallonsStarted production                                                             8,000 gallonsCompleted and transferred out to Packing in March        6,550 gallonsEnding Work in Process Inventory                                      1,450 gallons Costs: Beginning Work in Process Inventory                                $0Costs added during March:Direct materials                                                              $104,000Direct labour                                                                  $  24,000Manufacturing overhead…
Anderson Winery in Napa Valley, California, has two departments: Fermenting and packing.Direct materials are added at the beginning of the fermenting process (grapes) and at the endof the packaging process (bottles). Conversion costs are added evenly throughout each process.Data from the month of March for the Fermenting Department are as follows: Beginning Work in Process Inventory -0- gallonsStarted production 8,000 gallonsCompleted and transferred out to Packing in March 6,550 gallonsEnding Work in Process Inventory 1,450 gallons Costs:Beginning Work in Process Inventory $0 Costs added during March:Direct materials $104,000Direct labour $ 24,000Manufacturing overhead $ 45,390Total costs added during March $173,390The units still in process are 80% of the way through the fermenting process.Required:i) Compute the equivalent units for direct materials and for conversion costsii) Compute the total cost of the units (gallons)a) Completed and transferred out to the Packing Department.b)…
Anderson Winery in Napa Valley, California, has two departments: Fermenting and packing. Direct materials are added at the beginning of the fermenting process (grapes) and at the end of the packaging process (bottles). Conversion costs are added evenly throughout each process. Data from the month of March for the Fermenting Department are as follows: Beginning Work in Process Inventory Started production Completed and transferred out to Packing in March Ending Work in Process Inventory -0- gallons 8,000 gallons 6,550 gallons 1,450 gallons Costs: $0 Beginning Work in Process Inventory Costs added during March: Direct materials $104,000 $ 24,000 $ 45.390 Direct labour Manufacturing overhead Total costs added during March $173,390 The units still in process are 80% of the way through the fermenting process. - 1 -

Chapter 18 Solutions

Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Managerial Chapters (6th Edition)

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