Managerial Accounting
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Chapter 3, Problem 1Q

Briefly describe the difference between job order and process costing. Give an example of a type of company that would use each one.

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Job order costing:

Job order costing is applied to the businesses which manufactured the product or provide the services according to the client’s order. As its names suggest, Job order costing is costing done for a particular job.

Process Costing System:

As its name suggests, process costing system is the branch of cost accounting which is applied where production of a product takes more than one processes to complete for example the production of shoes from leather goes through cutting, stitching and policing processes.

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The difference between the Job order costing and Process Costing System

Answer to Problem 1Q

Job order costing is applied to the businesses which manufactured the product or provide the services according to the client’s order. Process costing system is the branch of cost accounting which is applied where production of a product takes more than one processes to complete.

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Job order costing is applied to the businesses which manufactured the product or provide the services according to the client’s order. As its names suggest, Job order costing is costing done for a particular job.

Process costing system is the branch of cost accounting which is applied where production of a product takes more than one processes to complete for example the production of shoes from leather goes through cutting, stitching and policing processes.

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Chapter 3 Solutions

Managerial Accounting

Ch. 3 - Prob. 11QCh. 3 - Prob. 12QCh. 3 - Prob. 13QCh. 3 - Prob. 14QCh. 3 - Prob. 15QCh. 3 - Prob. 16QCh. 3 - What triggers the cost of manufacturing to be...Ch. 3 - Prob. 1MCCh. 3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 3 - Prob. 3MCCh. 3 - Prob. 4MCCh. 3 - Prob. 5MCCh. 3 - Prob. 6MCCh. 3 - Prob. 7MCCh. 3 - The primary difference between FIFO and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 9MCCh. 3 - Prob. 10MCCh. 3 - Prob. 1MECh. 3 - Prob. 2MECh. 3 - Prob. 3MECh. 3 - Prob. 4MECh. 3 - Prob. 5MECh. 3 - Calculation Cost per Equivalent unit...Ch. 3 - Prob. 7MECh. 3 - Prob. 8MECh. 3 - Prob. 9MECh. 3 - Prob. 10MECh. 3 - Prob. 11MECh. 3 - Prob. 12MECh. 3 - Calculating Equivalent Units (FIFO) The Cuttilg...Ch. 3 - Compare Weighted-Average and FIFO Process Costing...Ch. 3 - Prob. 15MECh. 3 - Prob. 2ECh. 3 - Prob. 3ECh. 3 - Prob. 4ECh. 3 - Prob. 5ECh. 3 - Prob. 6ECh. 3 - Prob. 7ECh. 3 - Prob. 8ECh. 3 - Prob. 9ECh. 3 - Prob. 10ECh. 3 - Prob. 11ECh. 3 - Prob. 12ECh. 3 - Prob. 13ECh. 3 - Prob. 14ECh. 3 - Prob. 15ECh. 3 - Prob. 16ECh. 3 - Calculating Equivalent Units, Unit Costs, and Cost...Ch. 3 - Prob. 18ECh. 3 - Prob. 19ECh. 3 - Prob. 20ECh. 3 - Prob. 21ECh. 3 - Recording Manufacturing Costs in Process Costing...Ch. 3 - Prob. 1.1GAPCh. 3 - Prob. 1.2GAPCh. 3 - Prob. 2GAPCh. 3 - Preparing a Process Costing Production Report...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.2GAPCh. 3 - Prob. 4GAPCh. 3 - Prob. 5.1GAPCh. 3 - Prob. 5.2GAPCh. 3 - Prob. 6GAPCh. 3 - Prob. 1.1GBPCh. 3 - Prob. 1.2GBPCh. 3 - Preparing a Process Costing Production Report...Ch. 3 - Preparing a Process Costing Production Report...Ch. 3 - Preparing a Process Costing Production Report...Ch. 3 - Prob. 4GBPCh. 3 - Prob. 5.1GBPCh. 3 - Prob. 5.2GBPCh. 3 - Prob. 6GBP
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