Q2 (a) For December the Production Control Department of Faro Chemical, Inc. reported these production data for Department 2 : Transferred in from Department 1 Transferred out to Department 3 In process at end of December (with 1/3 labor and factory overhead) 55,000 liters 39,500 liters 10,500 liters All materials were put into process in Department 1. The Cost Department collected these figures for Department 2: Unit cost for units transferred in from Department 1 Labor costs, in Department 2 Factory overhead applied Required: A cost of production report for Department 2 for December. $1.80 $27,520 1 5,480
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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