Arsenio Company manufactures a single product that goes through two processes, mixing and cooking. The following data pertain to the mixing department for August: Work-in-process inventory, August 1 Conversion: 90% complete Work-in-process inventory, August 31 Conversion: 50% complete Units started Units completed and transferred out Costs Work-in-process inventory, August 1 Material X Material Y Conversion Costs added during August Material X Material Y Conversion 36,000 units 30,000 units 64,000 ? $ 64,100 80,500 118,140 153,500 136,500 306,860 Material X is added at the beginning of work in the mixing department. Material Y is also added in the mixing department, but not until units are 80% complete with regard to conversion. Conversion costs are incurred uniformly during the process. The company uses the weighted-average cost method. Required: Calculate the equivalent units and costs per equivalent unit of material X, material Y, and conversion for the mixing department. Calculate the cost of units transferred out. Calculate the cost of the ending Work-in-Process 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.
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