ACCT 210 Lecture 3: Chapter 2 Job-Order Costing

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Measuring, recording, and reporting product costs: a process order cost system. Describe cost systems and the flow of costs in a job-order system. Accounts are fully integrated into the general ledger. Perpetual inventory system provides immediate, up-to-date information on the cost of a product. Used when a large volume of similar products are manufactured (cereal, refining of petroleum, production of ice cream) Costs are accumulated for a time period (week or month) Costs are assigned to departments or processes for a specified period of time. Costs are assigned to each job or batch. Important feature: each job or batch has its own distinguishing characteristics. Objective is to compute the cost per job. Measures costs for each job completed not for set time periods. The flow of costs parallels the physical flow of the materials as they are converted into finished goods. Manufacturing costs are assigned to the work-in-process (wip) inventory account.

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