A manufacturing company is about to start manufacturing a new product, the FX200 The management accountant has provided the following information about the unit cost of the FX200: Direct labour (3 hours @R10/hr) Indirect labour (2 hours @R9/hr) Direct material (4 kg @R5/kg) Indirect material R10 Direct expenses R4 Indirect production expenses R7 Selling and distribution overhead R5 For one unit of FX200, calculate the following: a).The prime cost b).The total production cost c).The full cost
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 manufacturing company is about to start manufacturing a new product, the FX200
The
Direct labour (3 hours @R10/hr)
Indirect labour (2 hours @R9/hr)
Direct material (4 kg @R5/kg)
Indirect material R10
Direct expenses R4
Indirect production expenses R7
Selling and distribution
For one unit of FX200, calculate the following:
a).The prime cost
b).The total production cost
c).The full cost
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