Costs per Equivalent Unit The following information concerns production in the Baking Department for December. All direct materials are placed in process at the beginning of production. ACCOUNT Work in Process-Baking Department Date Dec. 1 Bal., 6,600 units, 3/5 completed 31 Direct materials, 118,800 units 31 Direct labor 31 Factory overhead 31 Goods finished, 120,300 units 31 Bal., ? units, 3/5 completed Item Debit 190,080 53,490 30,090 Credit 276,492 ACCOUNT NO. Balance Debit 13,134 203,214 256,704 286,794 10,302 10,302 Credit a. Based on the above data, determine each cost listed below. Round "cost per equivalent unit" answers to the nearest cent. 1. Direct materials cost per equivalent unit 2. Conversion cost per equivalent unit 3. Cost of the beginning work in process completed during December 4. Cost of units started and completed during December 5. Cost of the ending work in process . Assuming that the direct materials cost is the same for November and December, did the conversion cost per equivalent unit increase, decrease, or remain the same in December?
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.
Process costing is one of the important area of cost accounting, which says that product has to go through multiple processes in order to create finished goods. FIFO costing and weighted average methods are commonly used for accounting of process costs.
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