Exam 27: Lean Principles and Accounting

Management of Duane Company is implementing lean principles to improve cycle efficiency.The following information is compiled from the current process and the anticipated process using lean principles. Required 1.Compute the total amount of non-value added time under the traditional process. 2.Compute the total amount of non-value added time under the proposed lean process. 3.Compute the cycle efficiency under the traditional process. 4.Compute the cycle efficiency under the proposed lean process.

Lean manufacturers generally have more transactions to record and use more accounts than manufacturers using traditional processes.

Which of the following statements is correct concerning the elements of cycle time?

Lean principles include all of the following except:

A company reports ending accounts payable of $1,271 and cost of goods sold of $11,315.Compute days' payable outstanding.

Vista Company has 25 days' payable outstanding based on the current year's cost of goods sold of $11,315.What is Vista's balance in accounts payable?

Greun Company has 11 days' sales in work in process inventory based on the current year's cost of goods sold of $11,680.What is Greun's work in process inventory?

Challenges of using push production include all of the following except:

Vell Inc.uses lean principles to reduce cycle time.Through production improvements the process time was reduced from 4.5 days to 2 days.Inspection time is 0.25 days.Strategic rearrangement of the production area reduced move time to 0.1 days.Wait time was 3 days,but due to improved scheduling and ordering has been reduced by 2.25 days.Total cycle time for Vell after the improvements is:

Singh Company manufacturers wheelchairs.Each wheelchair requires $325 of raw materials and $780 of conversion costs.Each wheelchair is sold for $1,500.Last month Singh completed 35 wheelchairs and sold 32 wheelchairs.The ending balance in finished goods inventory is:

Pena Company is a lean manufacturer of dishwashers.Each dishwasher requires $140 of raw materials.Pena budgets $330,000 of conversion costs and 1,100 productions hours for the next year.Each dishwasher requires 1.5 production hours.Pena started 730 dishwashers during the year,completed 700,and sold 680.Each dishwasher is sold for $750.Actual conversion costs equal applied conversion costs. Required 1.Prepare the journal entries to record (a)the purchase of raw materials to produce 730 units on credit,(b)applied conversion costs to the production of 700 units,(c)actual conversion costs of $315,000 (credit "Various Accounts"),(d)sale of 680 units on credit,and (e)ending inventory and cost of goods sold. 2.Compute the ending balances of Work in Process Inventory,Finished Goods Inventory,and Conversion Costs.Assume each account has a zero beginning balance.

Which of the following is the correct formula for calculating cycle time?

Kang Co.reports work in process inventory of $1,085 and cost of goods sold of $56,575.Days' sales in work in process inventory is:

Suza Inc.is a lean manufacturer of snow blowers.Each snow blower requires $300 of raw materials.Estimated conversion costs to produce 4,000 units in this year are $600,000.During the first six months of this year Suza produced 300 snow blowers and sold 280.Each snow blower is sold for $900. Required 1.Compute the conversion rate per snow blower. 2.Prepare journal entries to record (a)the purchase of raw materials on credit,(b)applied conversion costs to production,(c)sale of snow blowers on credit,and (d)cost of goods sold and finished goods inventory.

Using the information below,compute cycle efficiency:

Singh Company manufacturers wheelchairs.Each wheelchair requires $325 of raw materials and $780 of conversion costs.Each wheelchair is sold for $1,500.Last month Singh started 38 wheelchairs and completed 35 wheelchairs.The beginning balance in work in process inventory is zero.The ending balance in work in process inventory is:

Using the information below,compute cycle time:

A company reports ending accounts payable of $1,440 and cost of goods sold of $11,680.Compute days' payable outstanding.

Alvi reports ending work in process inventory of $341 and cost of goods sold of $11,315.Compute days' sales in work in process inventory.

The triple bottom line focus on the "planet" works to reduce waste by striving for: