P4-1A Calculate Equivalent Units, Unit Costs, and Transferred Costs--Weighted Average Method   Canfield Manufacturing, Inc., operates a plant that produces its own regionally marketed Spicy Steak Sauce. The sauce is produced in two processes, blending and bottling. In the Blending Department, all materials are added at the start of the process, and labor and overhead are incurred evenly throughout the process. Canfield uses the weighted average method. The following data from the Work-in-Process--Blending Department account for January 2019 are missing a few items:                                                   Work-in-Process--Blending Department           January 1 inventory (5,000 gallons, 60% processed                            Direct materials        $  12,000           Conversion costs              $    5,900           Transferred to Bottling Department (60,000 gallons)                   January charges:                   Direct materials (61,000 gallons)       153,000           Direct labor       73,600           Manufacturing overhead       42,480           January 31 inventory (______ gallons, 70% processed)                                                                     Required                             Assuming Canfield uses the weighted average method in process costing, calculate the following amounts for the Blending Department:                                 a. Number of units in the January 31 inventory.                                                   b. Equivalent units for materials and conversion costs.                                                 c. January cost per equivalent unit for materials and conversion costs.                                               d. Cost of the units transferred to the Bottling Department.                                                 e. Cost of the incomplete units in the January 31 inventory.

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P4-1A Calculate Equivalent Units, Unit Costs, and Transferred Costs--Weighted Average Method
  Canfield Manufacturing, Inc., operates a plant that produces its own regionally marketed Spicy Steak Sauce. The sauce is produced in two processes, blending and bottling. In the Blending Department, all materials are added at the start of the process, and labor and overhead are incurred evenly throughout the process. Canfield uses the weighted average method. The following data from the Work-in-Process--Blending Department account for January 2019 are missing a few items:        
         
                             
  Work-in-Process--Blending Department        
  January 1 inventory (5,000 gallons, 60% processed                
           Direct materials        $  12,000        
  Conversion costs              $    5,900        
  Transferred to Bottling Department (60,000 gallons)                
  January charges:                
  Direct materials (61,000 gallons)       153,000        
  Direct labor       73,600        
  Manufacturing overhead       42,480        
  January 31 inventory (______ gallons, 70% processed)                
                   
                             
  Required                          
  Assuming Canfield uses the weighted average method in process costing, calculate the following amounts for the Blending Department:
                             
  a. Number of units in the January 31 inventory.                  
                             
  b. Equivalent units for materials and conversion costs.                
                             
  c. January cost per equivalent unit for materials and conversion costs.              
                             
  d. Cost of the units transferred to the Bottling Department.                
                             
  e. Cost of the incomplete units in the January 31 inventory.              

 

 

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