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The following information concerns production in the Forging Department for November. All direct materials are placed...

The following information concerns production in the Forging Department for November. All direct materials are placed into the process at the beginning of production, and conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout the process. The beginning inventory consists of $9,000 of direct materials.

ACCOUNT Work in Process—Forging Department ACCOUNT NO.
Date Item Debit Credit Balance
Debit Credit
Nov. 1 Bal., 900 units, 60% completed 10,566
30 Direct materials, 12,900 units 123,840 134,406
30 Direct labor 21,650 156,056
30 Factory overhead 16,870 172,926
30 Goods transferred, ? units ? ?
30 Bal., 1,400 units, 70% completed ?

Cost per equivalent units of $9.60 for Direct Materials and $3.00 for Conversion Costs.

Based on the above data, determine each of the following amounts.

If required, round your interim calculations to two decimal places. Round final answers (a-c) to the nearest dollar.

a. Cost of beginning work in process inventory completed in November.
$

b. Cost of units transferred to the next department during November.
$

c. Cost of ending work in process inventory on November 30.
$

d. Costs per equivalent unit of direct materials and conversion included in the November 1 beginning work in process. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.

Direct materials cost per equivalent unit $
Conversion cost per equivalent unit $

e. The November increase or decrease in costs per equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion from the previous month. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.

Increase or Decrease Amount
Change in direct materials cost per equivalent unit Decrease $
Change in conversion cost per equivalent unit Increase $

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Forging Department
Cost of Production Report-Forging Department
For the Month Ended Nov 31 Equivalent Units
Unit information Physical Units Materials Conversion
Units charged to production:
Inventory in process Nov 1              900.00
Direct materials received        12,900.00
Total units accounted for by the Forging Department        13,800.00
Units to be assigned costs:
Inventory in process Nov 1              900.00                      -               360.00 Materials are introduced in the beginning so 100% is already completed for materials. So in this month 0% is completed. So Equivalent units are calculated as 10,800 * 0%. Similarly 60% is already completed for conversion. So in this month 40% is completed. So Equivalent units are calculated as 10,800 * 60%.
Started and completed in Nov        11,500.00        11,500.00        11,500.00 See note B
Goods transferred out in Nov        12,400.00       11,500.00       11,860.00
Inventory in process, Nov 30          1,400.00          1,400.00             980.00 This is closing units multiplied by % of completion
Total units to be assigned costs:        13,800.00       12,900.00       12,840.00
Cost Information Total
Costs per equivalent unit
Total costs for Nov in Forging Department     123,840.00        38,520.00
Total equivalent units        12,900.00        12,840.00
Cost per equivalent unit                  9.60                  3.00
Costs assigned to production:
Inventory in process, Nov 1          9,000.00          1,566.00        10,566.00
Costs incurred in Nov     123,840.00        38,520.00      162,360.00
Total costs accounted for by the Forging Department      172,926.00
Costs allocated to completed and partially completed units
Inventory in process, Nov 1 balance          9,000.00          1,566.00        10,566.00
To complete inventory in process, Nov 1                      -            1,080.00          1,080.00 Answer a
Cost of completed Nov 1 work in process          9,000.00          2,646.00        11,646.00
Started and completed in Nov     110,400.00        34,500.00      144,900.00
Transferred to next Department in Nov      156,546.00 Answer b
Inventory in process, Nov 30       13,440.00          2,940.00        16,380.00
Total costs assigned by the Forging Department      172,926.00 Answer c
Goods transferred out in Nov
Opening work in process              900.00
Add: Materials received        12,900.00
Less: Closing work in process          1,400.00
Goods transferred out in Nov        12,400.00
Started and completed in Nov Note B
Goods transferred out in Nov        12,400.00
Less: Opening work in process              900.00
Started and completed in Nov        11,500.00
Answer d
Calculation of beginning Costs per equivalent unit Physical Units Materials Conversion
Inventory in process Nov 1              900.00             900.00             540.00
Costs          9,000.00          1,566.00
Beginning Costs per equivalent unit               10.00                  2.90
Answer e Materials
Beginning Costs per equivalent unit               10.00
Costs per equivalent unit for Nov                  9.60
Decrease by                (0.40)
Answer e Conversion
Beginning Costs per equivalent unit                  2.90
Costs per equivalent unit for Nov                  3.00
Increase by                  0.10

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