On May 1, 2017, Bovar Company began the manufacture of a new paging machine known as Dandy. The company in- stalled a standard costing system to account for manufacturing costs. The standard costs for a unit of Dandy follow: Direct materials (3 lb. at S4 per Ib.) Direct manufacturing labor (1/2 hour at $20 per hour) Manufacturing overhead (75% of direct manufacturing labor costs) $12.00 10,00 7.50 $29.50 The following data were obtained from Bovar's records for the month of May: Credit $125,000 55,000 Debit Revenues Accounts payable control (for May's purchases of direct materials) $3,500 2,400 1,890 Direct materials price variance Direct materials efficiency variance Direct manufacturing labor price variance Direct manufacturing labor efficiency variance 2,200 Actual production in May was 4,000 units of Dandy, and actual sales in May were 2,500 units. The amount shown for direct materials price variance applies to materials purchased during May. There was no beginning inventory of materials on May 1, 2017.
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.
Q. compute Actual direct manufacturing labor wage rate for Bovar for the month of May. Show your computations.
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