Exercise 4-3 Cost Per Equivalent Unit-Weighted-Average Method [LO3] Billinstaff Industries uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. Data for the Assembly Department for May appear below: Work in process, May 1 Cost added during May Equivalent units of production Materials $ 40,000 $246,530 3,400 Labor Overhead $331,872 $68,409 $45,606 $221.248 3.300 3.200 Required: 1. Compute the cost per equivalent unit for materials, for labor, and for overhead. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "S" sign in your response.) Materials Labor Overhead Cost per equivalent unit $ 2. Compute the total cost per equivalent whole unit. (Round your final answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) Total cost per equivalent unit
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.
![Exercise 4-3 Cost Per Equivalent Unit-Weighted-Average Method [LO3]
Billinstaff Industries uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. Data for the
Assembly Department for May appear below:
Work in process, May 1
Cost added during May
Equivalent units of production
Materials
$ 40,000
$246,530
3,400
$68,409
Labor Overhead
$331,872
$221,248
3.200
$45,606
3,300
Required:
1. Compute the cost per equivalent unit for materials, for labor, and for overhead. (Round your
answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)
Materials
Labor
Cost per equivalent unit
2. Compute the total cost per equivalent whole unit. (Round your final answer to 2 decimal
places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)
Total cost per equivalent unit
S
Overhead
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