Pretty Pillows, Mfg., manufactures silk throw pillows. Last month the company produced 3,890 pillows.The following incurred the following costs: Production facility utilities, $1,600; Depreciation on production equipment, $650; Indirect materials, $400; Direct materials, $5,300; Indirect labor, $1,000; Direct labor, $3,500; Sales commissions, $4,000; President's salary, $8,000; Insurance on production facility, $1,000; Advertising expense, $900; Rent on production facility, $6,000; Rent on sales office, $4,000; Legal expense, $600. WIP (beginning balance) $3,200 WIP (ending balance) $2,400 Determine the PRIME COST of manufacturing the pillows.
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.
Pretty Pillows, Mfg., manufactures silk throw pillows. Last month the company produced 3,890 pillows.The following incurred the following costs:
Production facility utilities, $1,600;
Indirect materials, $400;
Direct materials, $5,300;
Indirect labor, $1,000;
Direct labor, $3,500;
Sales commissions, $4,000;
President's salary, $8,000;
Insurance on production facility, $1,000;
Advertising expense, $900;
Rent on production facility, $6,000;
Rent on sales office, $4,000;
Legal expense, $600.
WIP (beginning balance) $3,200
WIP (ending balance) $2,400
Determine the PRIME COST of manufacturing the pillows.
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