The following information concerns production in the Finishing Department for July. The Finishing Department uses the weighted average cost (WAC) method. Work in Process-Finishing Department Date Item
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.
![Equivalent Units of Production
The following information concerns production in the Finishing Department for July. The Finishing Department uses the weighted average cost (WAC) method.
Work in Process-Finishing Department
Date
July 1 Bal., 20,000 units, 40% completed
31 Direct materials, 144,000 units started
31 Direct labor
Item
24,600
345,000
163,200
31 Factory overhead
86,700
31 Goods transferred, 142,500 units
-578,550
40,950
31 Bal., ? units, 60% completed
a. Determine the number of units in work-in-process inventory at the end of the month.
68,250 X
b. Determine the number of units to be accounted for and to be assigned costs and the equivalent units of production for July.
Units to be accounted for
Units to be assigned costs
Equivalent units of production
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