Profit-Linked Productivity Measurement In 20x2, Choctaw Company implements a new process affecting labor and materials. Choctaw Company provides the following information so that total productivity can be valued: 20x1 20x2 Number of units produced $10,000 420,000 Labor hours used 170,000 210,000 Materials used (lbs.) 2,550,000 1,400,000 Unit selling price $23 $25 Wages per labor hour $14 $16 Cost per pound of material $3.40 $3.50 Required: 1. Calculate the cost of inputs in 20x2, assuming no productivity change from 20x1 to 20x2. If required, round your answers to the nearest dollar. Cost of labor Cost of materials Total PQ cost 2. Calculate the actual cost of inputs for 20x2. If required, round your answers to the nearest dollar. Cost of labor Cost of materials Total current cost
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.
![What is the net value of the productivity changes? If required, round your answers to the nearest dollar,
How much profit change is attributable to each input's productivity change? If an item is negative, use a minus (-) sign to indicate.
Labor productivity change
Materials productivity change
3. What if a manager wants to know how much of the total profit change from 20x1 to 20x2 is attributable to price recovery? Calculate the total profit change.
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![Profit-Linked Productivity Measurement
In 20x2, Choctaw Company implements a new process affecting labor and materials.
Choctaw Company provides the following information so that total productivity can be valued:
20x1
20x2
Number of units produced
$10,000
420,000
Labor hours used
170,000
210,000
Materials used (lbs.)
2,550,000
1,400,000
Unit selling price
$23
$25
Wages per labor hour
$14
$16
Cost per pound of material
$3.40
$3.50
Required:
1. Calculate the cost of inputs in 20x2, assuming no productivity change from 20x1 to 20x2. If required, round your answers to the nearest dollar.
Cost of labor
Cost of materials
Total PQ cost
2. Calculate the actual cost of inputs for 20x2. If required, round your answers to the nearest dollar.
Cost of labor
Cost of materials
Total current cost
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