Part b process costing Intrepid industries manufactures sterile parts used in me
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Part b process costing
Intrepid industries manufactures sterile parts used in medical equipment. The company uses the weighted-average process costing method to account for production costs. It produces parts in three different departments: Forming, Sterilization, and Assembling. The following information was reported for the assembling department for the month of June:
amount
Degree of completion
Prior department costs transferred in from the forming
$387,600
100%
Costs added by the sterilization department:
Direct materials
$317.200
100%
Direct labor
$120,050
40%
Manufacturing overhead
$67100
30%
$504350
Wip June 1
$891950
During June, 580000 units were transferred in from the forming department at a cost of $1,870,000. The Assembling Dept added the following costs:
Direct materials
$974800
Direct labor
$318600
Manufacturing overhead
$202000
Total costs added
$1,495,4000
Assembling finished 480000 units and transferred them to the sterilization dept. At June 30 225000 units were still in wip inventory. The degree of completion of WIP inventory at June 30 was as indicated below:
Direct materials
80%
Direct labor
65%
Manufacturing overhead
30%
A. Prepare a correctly formatted (including heading) production cost report using the weighted average method.
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amount
Degree of completion
Prior department costs transferred in from the forming
$387,600
100%
Costs added by the sterilization department:
Direct materials
$317.200
100%
Direct labor
$120,050
40%
Manufacturing overhead
$67100
30%
$504350
Wip June 1
$891950
Part 2: Process CostingExplanation / Answer
A. Production Report using the weighted average method :
Physical units Transferred units Direct Mat. Direct Labor Manuf. o/h Total O WIP (on weighted average method) 125000 125000 125000 125000 125000 units started and completed 355000 355000 355000 355000 355000 transferred to Sterlisation deptt. 480000 C WIP 225000 225000 180000 146250 67500 Equivalent Units 705000 660000 626250 547500 Total costs: Opening WIP 387600 317200 120050 67100 During June 1870000 974800 318600 202000 Total Costs = 2257600 1292000 438650 269100 Cost per Eq. unit $3.20 1.96 0.70 0.49 Cost of Transferred Units 480000 * 6.35 $3048000 Cost of C WIP 720000 352800 102375 33075 $1208250