Exam 3: Process Cost Systems

Mocha Company manufactures a single product by a continuous process, involving three production departments. The records indicate that direct materials, direct labor, and applied factory overhead for Department 1 were $100,000, $125,000, and $150,000, respectively. The records further indicate that direct materials, direct labor, and applied factory overhead for Department 2 were $55,000, $65,000, and $80,000, respectively. In addition, work in process at the beginning of the period for Department 1 totaled $75,000, and work in process at the end of the period totaled $60,000. The journal entry to record the flow of costs into Department 2 during the period for direct labor is:

In process cost accounting, the costs of direct materials and direct labor are charged directly to:

Kramer Company started its production operations on August 1. During August, the printing department completed 17,600 units. There were 4,400 units in ending inventory which were 80% complete with respect to materials and 10% complete with respect to conversion costs. During August, the department accumulated materials costs of $45,408 and conversion costs of $76,670. Required: a. Calculate the cost of the goods transferred out. b. What is the value of the ending inventory? Round intermediate computation to nearest cent.

If the costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead were $60,000, $35,000, and $25,000, respectively, for 20,000 equivalent units of production, the conversion cost per equivalent unit was $6.

Companies recognizing the need to simultaneously produce products with high quality, low cost, and instant availability have adopted a just-in-time processing philosophy.

Just-in-time processing is a business philosophy that focuses on reducing time and cost and eliminating poor quality. This is accomplished in manufacturing and non-manufacturing processes by:

On August 1, Jones Corporation's packaging department had Work in Process inventory of 8,000 units that were 75% complete with respect to materials and 30% complete with respect to conversion costs. The cost of these units was $99,525 ($62,000 transferred-in from previous departments, $28,775 in materials, and $8,750 in labor and overhead). During August, 125,000 units were transferred into the department. These units had accumulated costs in previous departments of $1,418,560. The packaging department incurred costs of $799,225 for materials and $498,010 for conversion costs in August and transferred 131,000 units out of the department. The 2,000 units remaining in ending inventory are 50% complete with respect to materials and 20% complete with respect to conversion costs. Jones Corporation uses the average cost method to cost its inventories. Required a. Calculate the cost per equivalent unit for transferred-in costs, materials, and conversion costs. b. Calculate the cost of the units transferred out of the department. c. Calculate the cost of the ending inventory.

Mocha Company manufactures a single product by a continuous process, involving three production departments. The records indicate that direct materials, direct labor, and applied factory overhead for Department 1 were $100,000, $125,000, and $150,000, respectively. Work in process at the beginning of the period for Department 1 was $75,000, and work in process at the end of the period totaled $60,000. The records indicate that direct materials, direct labor, and applied factory overhead for Department 2 were $50,000, $60,000, and $70,000, respectively. In addition, work in process at the beginning of the period for Department 2 totaled $75,000, and work in process at the end of the period totaled $60,000. The journal entry to record the flow of costs into Department 3 during the period is:

Department E had 4,000 units in Work in Process that were 40% completed at the beginning of the period at a cost of $12,500. 14,000 units of direct materials were added during the period at a cost of $28,700. 15,000 units were completed during the period, and 3,000 units were 75% completed at the end of the period. All materials are added at the beginning of the process. Direct labor was $32,450 and factory overhead was $18,710. The number of equivalent units of production for the period for conversion if the average cost method is used to cost inventories was:

A process cost accounting system records all actual factory overhead costs directly in the Work in Process account.

If 30,000 units of materials enter production during the first year of operations, 25,000 of the units are finished, and 5,000 are 50% completed, the number of equivalent units of production would be 28,500.

If Department K had 2,500 units, 45% completed, in process at the beginning of the period, 15,000 units were completed during the period, and 1,200 units were 40% completed at the end of the period, what was the number of equivalent units of production for the period for conversion if the first-in, first-out method is used to cost inventories? Assume the completion percentage applies to both direct materials and conversion cost.

Companies that use the average costing method for process costing have unit costs that include costs from more that one accounting period.

Once equivalent units are calculated for materials, this number will also be used for direct labor and factory overhead.

The debits to Work in Process--Assembly Department for April, together with data concerning production, are as follows: All direct materials are placed in process at the beginning of the process and the average cost method is used to cost inventories. The materials cost per equivalent unit (to the nearest cent) for April is:

Penny, Inc. employs a process costing system. Direct materials are added at the beginning of the process. Here is information about July's activities: Using the FIFO method, the cost per equivalent unit for materials used during July was

Carmelita Inc., has the following information available: At the beginning of the period, there were 500 units in process that were 60 percent complete as to conversion costs and 100 percent complete as to direct materials costs. During the period 4,500 units were started and completed. Ending inventory contained 340 units that were 30 percent complete as to conversion costs and 100 percent complete as to materials costs. (Assume that the company uses the FIFO process cost method. Round cost per unit figures to two cents, i.e. $2.22 when calculating total costs.) The total costs that will be transferred into Finished Goods for units started and completed were

For which of the following businesses would a process cost system be appropriate?

Costs of ending work in process inventory are included in the cost per equivalent unit computation.

According to the just-in-time philosophy,