Silver Head Company is a manufacturer of kitchen utensils. It produces all of its products in one department. The information for the current month is as follows: Beginning work in process 40,000 unitsUnits started 52,000 unitsUnits completed 73,000 unitsEnding work in process 16,000 unitsBeginning work-in-process direct materials $30,000Beginning work-in-process conversion $ 8,000 Direct materials added during month $126,400Direct manufacturing labour during month $60,480 Beginning work in process was 25% complete as to conversion. Direct materials are added at the beginning of the process. Factory overhead is applied at a rate equal to 40% of direct manufacturing labour. Ending work in process was 60% complete. 3percent of units completed is considered normal spoilage and all spoilage is detected at the end of the process. Required:Prepare an appropriate schedule showing equivalent production, unit costs and the cost distribution (clearly detailing the breakdown of the total costs between cost of goods completed, normal spoilage, abnormal spoilage and ending inventory).
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.
Silver Head Company is a manufacturer of kitchen utensils. It produces all of its
products in one department. The information for the current month is as follows:
Beginning work in process 40,000 units
Units started 52,000 units
Units completed 73,000 units
Ending work in process 16,000 units
Beginning work-in-process direct materials $30,000
Beginning work-in-process conversion $ 8,000
Direct materials added during month $126,400
Direct manufacturing labour during month $60,480
Beginning work in process was 25% complete as to conversion. Direct materials are
added at the beginning of the process. Factory
40% of direct manufacturing labour. Ending work in process was 60% complete. 3
percent of units completed is considered normal spoilage and all spoilage is detected
at the end of the process.
Required:
Prepare an appropriate schedule showing equivalent production, unit costs and the cost
distribution (clearly detailing the breakdown of the total costs between cost of goods
completed, normal spoilage, abnormal spoilage and ending inventory).
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