Compute the number of equivalent units with respect to both materials used and conversion used in the first production department for April using the weighted-average method. During April, the first production department of a process manufacturing system completed its work on 405,000 units of a product and transferred them to the next department. Of these transferred units, 81,000 were in process in the production department at the beginning of April and 324,000 were started and completed in April. April's beginning inventory units were 65% complete with respect to materials and 35% complete with respect to conversion. At the end of April, 103,000 additional units were in process in the production department and were 80% complete with respect to materials and 30% complete with respect to 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.
Compute the number of equivalent units with respect to both materials used and conversion used in the first production department for April using the weighted-average method.
During April, the first production department of a process manufacturing system completed its work on 405,000 units of a product and transferred them to the next department. Of these transferred units, 81,000 were in process in the production department at the beginning of April and 324,000 were started and completed in April. April's beginning inventory units were 65% complete with respect to materials and 35% complete with respect to conversion. At the end of April, 103,000 additional units were in process in the production department and were 80% complete with respect to materials and 30% complete with respect to conversion.
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