Waling-waling Company had 6,400 units of work-in-process inventory in department A on October 1, 2022. These units were 60% complete as to conversion. Direct materials are added at the beginning of the process. During the month of October, 27,200 units were started and 28,800 units were completed. Waling-Waling had 4,800 units of work-in-process inventory on October 31, 2022. These units were 20% incomplete as to conversion cost. By how much did the conversion cost EUP for the month of October using average method exceed the conversion EUP for the same month using FIFO method?
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.
By how much did the conversion cost EUP for the month of October using average method exceed the conversion EUP for the same month using FIFO method?
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