Question

Cost of Production Report

Arabica Highland Coffee Company roasts and packs coffee beans. The process begins by placing coffee beans into the Roasting Department. From the Roasting Department, coffee beans are then transferred to the Packing Department. The following is a partial work in process account of the Roasting Department at July 31:

ACCOUNT Work in Process—Roasting Department							ACCOUNT NO.
Date		Item	Debit		Credit		Balance
							Debit		Credit
July	1	Bal., 4,300 units, 3/5 completed					14,792
	31	Direct materials, 172,000 units	516,000				530,792
	31	Direct labor	110,800				641,592
	31	Factory overhead	27,648				669,240
	31	Goods transferred, 173,000 units			?
	31	Bal., ? units, 4/5 completed					?

Required:

1. Prepare a cost of production report, and identify the missing amounts for Work in Process—Roasting Department. If an amount is zero, enter "0". When computing cost per equivalent units, round to two decimal places.

Arabica Highland Coffee Company
Cost of Production Report-Roasting Department
For the Month Ended July 31
Unit Information
Units charged to production:
Inventory in process, July 1
Received from materials storeroom
Total units accounted for by the Roasting Department
Units to be assigned costs:
		Equivalent Units
	Whole Units	Direct Materials	Conversion
Inventory in process, July 1
Started and completed in July
Transferred to Packing Department in July
Inventory in process, July 31
Total units to be assigned costs
Cost Information
Costs per equivalent unit:
		Direct Materials	Conversion
Total costs for July in Roasting Department		$	$
Total equivalent units
Cost per equivalent unit		$	$
Costs charged to production:
	Direct Materials	Conversion	Total
Inventory in process, July 1			$
Costs incurred in July
Total costs accounted for by the Roasting Department			$
Cost allocated to completed and partially completed units:
Inventory in process, July 1 balance			$
To complete inventory in process, July 1	$	$
Cost of completed July 1 work in process			$
Started and completed in July
Transferred to Packing Department in July			$
Inventory in process, July 31
Total costs assigned by the Roasting Department			$

2. Assuming that the July 1 work in process inventory includes $12,470 of direct materials, determine the increase or decrease in the cost per equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion between June and July. If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.

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

Answer 1

Solution 1:
Arabica Highland Coffee Company
Cost of Production Report-Roasting Department
For the Month Ended July 31
Unit Information
Units charged to production:
Inventory in process, July 1	4300
Received from materials storeroom	172000
Total units accounted for by the Roasting Department	176300
Units to be assigned costs:
		Equivalent Units
	Whole Units	Direct Materials (1)	Conversion (1)
Inventory in process, July 1	4300	0	1720
Started and completed in July	168700	168700	168700
Transferred to finished goods in July	173000	168700	170420
Inventory in process, July 31	3300	3300	2640
Total units to be assigned costs	176300	172000	173060
Cost Information
Costs per equivalent unit:
	Direct Materials	Conversion
Total costs for July in Roasting Department	$516,000.00	$138,448.00
Total equivalent units	172000	173060
Cost per equivalent unit (2)	$3.00	$0.80
Costs assigned to production:
	Direct Materials	Conversion	Total
Inventory in process, July 1			$14,792.00
Costs incurred in July	$516,000.00	$138,448.00	$654,448.00
Total costs accounted for by the Roasting Department			$669,240.00
Costs allocated to completed and partially completed units:
Inventory in process, July 1 balance			$14,792.00
To complete inventory in process, July 1	$0.00	$1,376.00	$1,376.00
Cost of completed July 1 work in process			$16,168.00
Started and completed in July	$506,100.00	$134,960.00	$641,060.00
Transferred to finished goods in July (3)			$657,228.00
Inventory in process, July 31 (4)	$9,900.00	$2,112.00	$12,012.00
Total costs assigned by the Roasting Department			$669,240.00

Solution 2:
Particulars	Increase or Decrease	Amount
Change in direct materials cost per equivalent unit ($3 - $2.90)	Increase	$0.10
Change in conversion cost per equivalent unit ($0.90 - $0.80)	Decrease	$0.10