Because most of the parts for its irrigation systems are standard, Waterways handles the majority of its manufacturing as a process cost system. There are multiple process departments. Three of these departments are the Molding, Cutting, and Welding departments. All items eventually end up in the Packaging Department, which prepares items for sale in kits or individually. The following information is available for the Molding department for January. Work in process beginning Units in process Stage of completion for materials Stage of completion for labor and overhead Costs in work in process inventory. Materials Labor Overhead Total costs in beginning work in process Units started into production in January Units completed and transferred in January Costs added to production: Materials Labor Overhead Total costs added into production in January 24,200 80% 30% $169,120 67,220 17,330 $253,670 60,100 57,500 $261,243 287,716 61,030 $609,989
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.
Prepare a production cost report for Waterways using the weighted-average method.
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