An order for a metal fabrication requires production processes from two departments as follows: 1. Laser cutting 2. Folding/bending and welding The laser cutting is costed on a machine hour rate basis and has already been determined to be £2500 for this order. Determine the total cost of this fabrication given the following information The bending and welding department requires 30 hours of labour costed at £15 per hour The folding/bending and welding department has an annual overhead of £216k to absorb The total annual labour hours for this department are 3600 hours (overheads are absorbed on this basis) The direct cost of materials for this fabrication is £800. What is the total production cost of this order?
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.
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