Cost Management 6th Edition by Edward Blocher,David Stout ,Paul Juras,Gary Cokins

Exercise 49

FIFO Method Refer to the information in problem 6-43.
Required Repeat Problem 6-43 using the FIFO method.
Reference:
Weighted-Average Method Bellisario Company has a department that manufactures wood trusses (wood frames used in the construction industry). The following information is for the production of these trusses for the month of February:

Required Using the weighted-average method, calculate the following:
1. Costs per equivalent unit.
2. Cost of goods completed and transferred out.
3. Cost remaining in the ending work-in-process inventory.
4. Assume that you are the company's controller. The production department's February unit cost is higher than standard cost. If the manager of the first department asks you to do him a favor by increasing the ending inventory completion percentage from 40 to 60% to lower the unit costs, what should you do How much would unit cost be affected by this request