Jarvene Corporation uses the FIFO method in its process costing system. The following data are for the most recent month of operations in one of the company's processing departments: Units in beginning inventory Units started into production Units in ending inventory Units transferred to the next department Percentage completion of beginning inventory Percentage completion of ending inventory Materials $18.00 440 4,320 290 4,470 Materials 60% 70% The cost of beginning inventory according to the company's costing system was $7,868 of which $4,802 was for materials and the remainder was for conversion cost. The costs added during the month amounted to $181,459. The costs per equivalent unit for the month were: Conversion $23.00 Conversion 40% 50% Cost per equivalent unit Required: 1. Compute the total cost per equivalent unit for the month. 2. Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion in the ending inventory. 3. Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion that were required to complete the beginning inventory.
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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