Kelley paint company uses the weighted average method to aacount for costs of production. Kelley manufactures base paint in two separate departments- Mixing and Packaging. The following information for the Mixing Department for the month of March. 1) A total of 40,000 units were in beginning WIP Inventory. All were completed and transferred out during March. 2) Atotal of 70,000 units were started during March. Of THE 70,000 units STARTED, 20,000 units were completed and transferred out to the packaging department (100% complete with respect to direct materials, direct labor, and overhead), and 50,000 units were partially completed and remained in ending WIP Inventory on March 31 (90% complete for direct materials, 70% complete for direct labor, and 30% complete for overhead, which is applied on machine hours.) 3) Costs in beginning WIP Inventory totaled $229,000 ($98,000 in direct materials + $41,000 in direct labor + $90,000 in overhead). 4) Cost incurred during March totaled $165,000 (=70,000 in direct materials+ 35,000 in direct labor + 60,000 in overhead). *Required* 1) Use the four key steps to assign costs to units completed and transferred out and to units in ending WIP inventory for the Mixing Departmen
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.
Kelley paint company uses the weighted average method to aacount for costs of production. | |||||||||||||||
Kelley manufactures base paint in two separate departments- Mixing and Packaging. | |||||||||||||||
The following information for the Mixing Department for the month of March. | |||||||||||||||
1) A total of 40,000 units were in beginning WIP Inventory. All were completed and transferred out during March. | |||||||||||||||
2) Atotal of 70,000 units were started during March. Of THE 70,000 units STARTED, 20,000 units were completed and transferred out | |||||||||||||||
to the packaging department (100% complete with respect to direct materials, direct labor, and overhead), and 50,000 units were partially completed | |||||||||||||||
and remained in ending WIP Inventory on March 31 (90% complete for direct materials, 70% complete for direct labor, and 30% complete for overhead, | |||||||||||||||
which is applied on machine hours.) | |||||||||||||||
3) Costs in beginning WIP Inventory totaled $229,000 ($98,000 in direct materials + $41,000 in direct labor + $90,000 in overhead). | |||||||||||||||
4) Cost incurred during March totaled $165,000 (=70,000 in direct materials+ 35,000 in direct labor + 60,000 in overhead). | |||||||||||||||
*Required* | |||||||||||||||
1) Use the four key steps to assign costs to units completed and transferred out and to units in ending WIP inventory for the Mixing Department. |
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