At the beginning of the month, the Forming Department of Martin Manufacturing had 29,000 units in inventory, 40% complete as to materials, and 15% complete as to conversion. During the month the department started 98,000 units and transferred 100,000 units to the next manufacturing department. At the end of the month, the department had 27,000 units in inventory, 90% complete as to materials and 60% complete as to conversion. How many units did the Forming Department start and complete in the current month?
At the beginning of the month, the Forming Department of Martin Manufacturing had 29,000 units in inventory, 40% complete as to materials, and 15% complete as to conversion. During the month the department started 98,000 units and transferred 100,000 units to the next manufacturing department. At the end of the month, the department had 27,000 units in inventory, 90% complete as to materials and 60% complete as to conversion. How many units did the Forming Department start and complete in the current month?
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The production department in a process manufacturing system completed 72,000 units of product and transferred them to finished goods during a recent period. Of these units, 28,800 were in process at the beginning of the period. The other 43,200 units were started and completed during the period. At period-end, 17,100 units were in process.
Exercise 16-4 Weighted average: Computing equivalent units LO C2
Prepare the departmentâs equivalent units of production with respect to direct materials under each of three separate assumptions using the weighted-average method for process costing.
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The Fields Company has two manufacturing departments, forming and painting. The company uses the weighted-average method of process costing. At the beginning of the month, the forming department has 27,000 units in inventory, 70% complete as to materials and 30% complete as to conversion costs. The beginning inventory cost of $56,100 consisted of $40,000 of direct materials costs and $16,100 of conversion costs.
During the month, the forming department started 320,000 units. At the end of the month, the forming department had 35,000 units in ending inventory, 80% complete as to materials and 40% complete as to conversion. Units completed in the forming department are transferred to the painting department.
Cost information for the forming department is as follows:
Beginning work in process inventory | $ | 62,100 |
Direct materials added during the month | 1,660,000 | |
Conversion added during the month | 929,300 | |
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Exercise 16-6 Weighted average: Cost per EUP and costs assigned to output LO C2
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Calculate the equivalent units of production for the forming department.
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Calculate the costs per equivalent unit of production for the forming department.
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Using the weighted-average method, assign costs to the forming departmentâs outputâspecifically, its units transferred to painting and its ending work in process inventory.
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