Green Craft Inc. uses a process costing system (weighted average method) and has two processing departments: Blending and Finishing. The following data relates to the Blending Department for the month of March: Units Material Conversion Work in process, beginning 800 $8,500 $5,100 Units started into production 5,000 Units completed and transferred 5,200 Work in process, ending 600 Cost added during March $25,965 $15,472 The beginning work in process inventory was 90% complete with respect to materials and 50% complete with respect to conversion. The ending work in process was 75% complete with respect to materials and 60% complete with respect to conversion. Required: 1. Prepare a cost of production report, in good form, for the Blending Department for the month ended March 31, 2021. Round all unit costs to 2 decimal places and round total costs to the whole dollar. 2. Prepare the journal entry to record the units completed and transferred from the Blending department to the Finishing department.
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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