Fruit Specialist Ltd manufactures the "Kool" brand of bottled fruit soda which is produced in three separate departments sequentially: Extracting, Mixing, and Packaging. The following information of process inputs, outputs and work in process relates to the Packaging department for the month of February 2021: Opening work in process Raw materials input Output completed Closing work in process kg 13,350 55,300 49,200 14,600 The opening and closing work in process are respectively 60 per cent and 80 per cent complete as to conversion costs. Direct materials are added at various stages in the Packaging department. The final process involves conducting a final quality inspection followed by adding the bottles before the "good" completed products are transferred to the Finished Goods Store. Conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout the manufacturing process. All direct materials, besides the bottles, are added by the time the process reaches 40% stage of completion of conversion while the final inspection takes place at the 95% stage of completion. Spoilages are assumed to occur at the stage of completion where inspection takes place and these spoilages can be sold at an estimated disposal value of $1.00 per kg. All spoilages are The opening work in process included the transferred-in costs of $23,363 from the Mixing department, raw materials $7,343 and conversion costs $32,708. Costs incurred during the period were: Transferred-in costs, Mixing department Raw material input $99,540 $33,180 Bottles $29,520 S143,695 Conversion costs The company uses FIFO method of process costing and assumes that the normal spoilage is 2 per cent of the units inspected. Required: (a) Use the 4 step approach: (i) Compute the cost per equivalent unit for each product cost category for the Packaging department for month of February.
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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