During the month of July, Cambridge Company worked on three jobs. Data relating to these three jobs follow: Job 60 Job 61 Job 62 Quantity 300 150 200 Units sold - 180 - Materials requisitioned $1,460 $1990 $2,000 Direct labour hour 200 220 400 Direct labour cost $3,000 $3,000 $3,300 Overhead is assigned on the basis of direct labour hours at a rate of $6.40 per direct labour hour. During July, Jobs 60 and 61 were completed and transferred to the Finished Goods Inventory. Job 61 was sold by the end of the month. Job 62 was the only unfinished job at the end of the month. Required: 1) Calculate the per-unit cost of Jobs 60 & 61 2) Compute the ending balance in the work-in-process inventory account
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.
During the month of July, Cambridge Company worked on three jobs. Data relating to these three jobs follow:
|
|
Job 60 |
Job 61 |
Job 62 |
|
Quantity |
300 |
150 |
200 |
|
Units sold |
- |
180 |
- |
|
Materials requisitioned |
$1,460 |
$1990 |
$2,000 |
|
Direct labour hour |
200 |
220 |
400 |
|
Direct labour cost |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$3,300 |
Required:
1) Calculate the per-unit cost of Jobs 60 & 61
2) Compute the ending balance in the work-in-process inventory account
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