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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, 80% complete as to materials and 20%
complete as to conversion costs. The beginning inventory cost of
$63,200 consisted of $47,200 of direct materials costs and $16,000
of conversion costs.
During the month, the forming department started 339,000 units. At
the end of the month, the forming department had 40,000 units in
ending inventory, 85% complete as to materials and 35% complete as
to conversion. Units completed in the forming department are
transferred to the painting department.
Cost information for the forming department follows.
Beginning work in process inventory | $ | 63,200 |
Direct materials added during the month | 1,349,600 | |
Conversion added during the month | 956,400 | |
1. Calculate the equivalent units of production
for the forming department.
2. Calculate the costs per equivalent unit of
production for the forming department.
3. Using the weighted-average method, assign costs
to the forming department’s output—specifically, its units
transferred to painting and its ending work in process
inventory.