During March, the following costs were charged to the manufacturing department: $15,480 for materials; $14,900 for labor; and $13,900 for manufacturing overhead. The records show that 31,000 units were completed and transferred, while 3,400 remained in ending inventory. There were 34,400 equivalent units of material and 32,360 of conversion costs. Using the weighted-average method, what is the cost of inventory transferred and the balance in work in process inventory? When required, round cost per unit to two decimal places and the final answers to the nearest dollar. Cost of inventory transferred $fill in the blank 1 Balance in work in process $fill in the blank 2
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.
During March, the following costs were charged to the manufacturing department: $15,480 for materials; $14,900 for labor; and $13,900 for manufacturing overhead. The records show that 31,000 units were completed and transferred, while 3,400 remained in ending inventory. There were 34,400 equivalent units of material and 32,360 of conversion costs.
Using the weighted-average method, what is the cost of inventory transferred and the balance in work in process inventory? When required, round cost per unit to two decimal places and the final answers to the nearest dollar.
| Cost of inventory transferred | $fill in the blank 1 |
| Balance in work in process | $fill in the blank 2 |
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