In: Accounting
Weighted Average Method, FIFO Method, Physical Flow, Equivalent Units
Heap Company manufactures a product that passes through two processes: Fabrication and Assembly. The following information was obtained for the Fabrication Department for September:
All materials are added at the beginning of the process.
Beginning work in process had 70,400 units, 40 percent complete
with respect to conversion costs.
Ending work in process had 12,200 units, 25 percent complete with
respect to conversion costs.
Started in process, 96,600 units.
Required:
1. Prepare a physical flow schedule.
Heap Company
Physical Flow Schedule
Units to account for:
Total units to account for
Units accounted for:
Units completed and transferred out:
Total units accounted for
2. Compute equivalent units using the weighted average method.
Weighted average method: Equivalent Units
Direct Materials
Conversion Costs
3. Compute equivalent units using the FIFO method.
FIFO method: Equivalent Units
Direct Materials
Conversion Costs
1 | BWIP units | 70,400 | Units completed & transferred out: | |||
Started units | 96,600 | Started & completed | 121,710 | |||
Total units to account for | 167,000 | Completed, from BWIP | 42,240 | |||
EWIP units | 3,050 | |||||
Total units accounted for | 167,000 | |||||
2 | DM | Conversion | ||||
Units Completed | 154,800 | 154,800 | ||||
Units, EWIP | 12,200 | 3,050 | ||||
Equivalent units of output | 167,000 | 157,850 | ||||
3 | DM | Conversion | ||||
Units Completed | 84,400 | 84,400 | ||||
Units, BWIP | 42,240 | |||||
Units, EWIP | 12,200 | 3,050 | ||||
Equivalent units of output | 96,600 | 129,690 | ||||