Equivalent Units Physical Units 12,000° 48,000 Direct Materials Conversion Costs Work in process, October 1 Started in October Completed and transferred out during October Work in process, October 31 12,000 9,600 55,000 55,000 55,000 1,500 5,000 5,000 Total Costs for October 2017 Work in process, beginning Direct materials Conversion costs Direct materials added during October Conversion costs added during October Total costs to account for $5,760 14,825 $ 20,585 25,440 58,625 $104,650 1. Calculate the cost per equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion costs. 2. Summarize the total costs to account for, and assign them to units completed (and transferred out) and to units in ending work in process. Required
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.
Weighted-average method, assigning costs. ZanyBrainy Corporation makes interlocking children’s blocks in a single processing department. Direct materials are added at the start of production. Conversion costs are added evenly throughout production. ZanyBrainy uses the weighted-average method of
![Equivalent Units
Physical
Units
12,000°
48,000
Direct
Materials
Conversion
Costs
Work in process, October 1
Started in October
Completed and transferred out during October
Work in process, October 31
12,000
9,600
55,000
55,000
55,000
1,500
5,000
5,000](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F0f862444-34d4-4aa0-85d5-f348fdcf1f43%2F3a2bcf22-3ac3-4451-9b8a-76f6dd701fb6%2Fsg2sl1l.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Total Costs for October 2017
Work in process, beginning
Direct materials
Conversion costs
Direct materials added during October
Conversion costs added during October
Total costs to account for
$5,760
14,825
$ 20,585
25,440
58,625
$104,650
1. Calculate the cost per equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion costs.
2. Summarize the total costs to account for, and assign them to units completed (and transferred out) and
to units in ending work in process.
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