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Warsaw Inc. assembles its product in several departments. Warsaw has two departments, Cutting and Finishing, that...

Warsaw Inc. assembles its product in several departments. Warsaw has two departments, Cutting and Finishing, that processes all units. Product is processed in Cutting, transferred to Finishing, and once complete, is transferred to finished goods.

Information for the month of October is as follows:

Beginning Work in Process Inventory for Cutting is $15,000 ($12,000 for materials and $3,000 for conversion costs)

Beginning Work in Process Inventory for Finishing contains $16,000 for transferred-in costs, $40,000 for the first material, and $20,000 for conversion costs).

CUTTING DEPARTMENT: The cutting department beginning work in process contains 30,000 units that are 30% complete as to conversion. 50,000 units were started. The work in process ending inventory contains 10,000 units that are 60% complete. Conversion occurs uniformly whereas direct materials are added at the beginning of the process.

Within the Cutting Department, the following transactions occurred in October:

1. $50,000 raw materials were put into process in cutting.

2. Direct labor incurred was $16,000; Manufacturing Overhead incurred was $8,000.

3. Conversion is applied to production.

4. Completed product was transferred to the Finishing Department.

FINISHING DEPARTMENT: The finishing department beginning work in process contains 40,000 units that are 75% complete as to conversion. Ending inventory containing 30,000 units is 45% complete. Conversion occurs uniformly. Two materials are added in this department; the first direct material is added at the 40% point in the process; the second direct material is added at the 80% point in the process.

Within the Finishing Department, the following transactions occurred:

5. The first direct material, $67,500, is used; the second direct material, $90,000 is used.

6. Direct labor incurred was $30,000; Manufacturing Overhead incurred was $24,375.

7. Conversion is applied to production.

8. Completed product was transferred to finished goods.

REQUIRED:

1. Prepare a production cost worksheet using FIFO for the cutting department. (Round equivalent unit costs to at least FOUR decimal points, if necessary)

2. Prepare a production cost worksheet using Weighted Average for the finishing department. (Round equivalent unit costs to at least FOUR decimal points, if necessary)

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Warsaw
Workings for Cutting department
Goods finished in Oct Whole Units
Inventory in Process Oct 1 30,000.00
Add: Started in production 50,000.00
Less: Inventory in Process Oct 31 10,000.00
Goods finished in Oct 70,000.00
Started and completed in Oct
Goods finished in Oct 70,000.00
Less: Opening work in process 30,000.00
Started and completed in Oct 40,000.00
Cost of Production Report
Cutting Department Equivalent Units
Units charged to production Whole Units Materials Conversion
Inventory in Process Oct 1     30,000.00
Started in production     50,000.00
Total units accounted for by the Dept.     80,000.00
Units to be assigned costs:
Inventory in Process Oct 1     30,000.00                   -          21,000.00
Started and completed in Oct     40,000.00     40,000.00        40,000.00
Goods finished     70,000.00    40,000.00        61,000.00
Inventory in Process Oct 30     10,000.00     10,000.00           6,000.00
Total units to be assigned costs:     80,000.00    50,000.00        67,000.00
Costs per equivalent unit Materials Conversion Total
Total costs for the Oct     50,000.00        24,000.00    74,000.00
Total equivalent units     50,000.00        67,000.00
Costs per equivalent unit          1.0000              0.3582
Costs charged to production
Inventory in Process Oct 1    15,000.00
Costs incurred in Oct    74,000.00
Total costs accounted for by the Dept.    89,000.00
Costs allocated to completed and partially completed units
Inventory in Process Oct 1    15,000.00
To complete Inventory in Process Oct 1                   -             7,522.00       7,522.00
Started and completed in Oct     40,000.00        14,328.00    54,328.00
Transferred to Finished goods in Oct    76,850.00
Inventory in Process Oct 30     10,000.00           2,150.00    12,150.00
Total costs assigned by the Dept.    89,000.00
Cost of Production Report
Finishing Department
Flow of production of units: Equivalent Units
Units charged to production: Whole Units Transferred in Materials 1 Materials 2 Conversion
Opening Inventory in process     40,000.00
Units started in Oct     70,000.00
Total units to be accounted for 110,000.00
Units accounted for
Transferred out     80,000.00        80,000.00     80,000.00         80,000.00 80,000.00
Units ending in WIP Inventory     30,000.00        30,000.00     30,000.00                       -   13,500.00
Total Units accounted for 110,000.00      110,000.00 110,000.00        80,000.00 93,500.00
Equivalent Units
Costs to be accounted for Total costs Transferred in Materials 1 Materials 2 Conversion
Costs in beginning WIP Inventory    76,000.00        16,000.00     40,000.00                       -   20,000.00
Current period costs 288,725.00        76,850.00     67,500.00         90,000.00 54,375.00
Total costs to be accounted for 364,725.00        92,850.00 107,500.00        90,000.00 74,375.00
Costs per equivalent unit
Transferred in costs              0.8441
Material 1          0.9773
Material 2              1.1250
Conversion         0.7955
Costs accounted for
Costs assigned to units transferred out
Transferred in costs    67,528.00        67,528.00
Material 1

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