Clonex Labs, Incorporated, uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. The following data are available for one department for October: Units 51,000 27,000 Equivalent units of production Percent Completed Conversion 65% 47% Work in process, October 1 Work in process, October 31 The department started 390,000 units into production during the month and transferred 414,000 completed units to the next department. Materials 95% 66% Required: Compute the equivalent units of production for October. Materials Conversion
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.
**Equivalent Units of Production Calculation:**
The table below is used to determine the equivalent units of production for the month of October.
| | Materials | Conversion |
|----------------------------|---------------|----------------|
| Equivalent units of production | | |
*Note: This table is intended to be filled with the equivalent units calculations for both materials and conversion based on the given data.*
By filling out these tables, one can calculate and understand the production costs more accurately within Clonex Labs for the processes used during the month of October.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe2c89fb8-28c7-4f54-82f8-eda7977d51b8%2Fb5ea2600-c43a-428f-8f89-a31e5ccb7f7e%2Fvp6t21j_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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