Peter Senen Manufacturing Company has just completed its production activities for February 2019. The production manager furnished you their data for this month: Department X Department Y Quantity units: In process, February 1 16,000 10,000 Stage of completion 4/5 40% Started in process 64,000 Received from prior dept. 70,000 In process, February 28 ? 12,000 Stage of completion 2/5 2/3 Costs data: In process, February 1 P 21,020 P20,300 Current costs Materials 28,350 46,800 Labor 15,300 25,200 Manufacturing Overhead 9,180 14,400 In Department X, material application is described to you as follows: 10% is applied at the start of the process; 25% when the process reaches the mid-point; and the remainder, when the process reaches 85% completion. Labor and Overhead are applied evenly throughout the process. In Department Y, the application of material is described as follows: 20% when the process is '1/4 completed; 30% when the process is '1/2 completed and the balance, at the end of the process. Both departments the FIFO method.
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.
a. The unit cost for materials in Department Y is?
b. The unit cost for conversion cost in Department Y is?
c. The total unit cost for materials in Department X is?
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