Exercise 4-17 Equivalent Units; Weighted-Average (LO 4-1, 4-3) Rainbow Glass Company manufactures decorative glass products. The firm employs a process-costing system for its manufacturing operations. All direct materials are added at the beginning of the process, and conversion costs are incurred uniformly throughout the process. The company's production schedule for October follows: Work in process on October 1 (60% complete as to conversion) Units started during October Total units to account for Units from beginning work in process, which were completed and transferred out during October Units started and completed during October Work in process on October 31 (45% complete as to conversion) Total units accounted for Units 6,000 9,500 15,500 6,000 6,400 3,100 15,500 Required: Calculate each of the following amounts using weighted-average process costing. 1. Equivalent units of direct material during October. 2. Equivalent units of conversion activity during October.
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.
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