Remington Inc. is contemplating the use of process costing to track the costs of its operations....

Remington Inc. is contemplating the use of process costing to track the costs of its operations. The operation consists of three segments (departments): Receiving, Shipping, and Delivery. Containers are received at Remington’s docks and sorted according to the ship they will be carried on. The containers are loaded onto a ship, which carries them to the appropriate port of destination. The containers are then off-loaded and delivered to the Receiving Department.

Remington wants to begin using process costing in the Shipping Department. Direct materials represent the fuel costs to run the ship, and “Containers in transit” represents work in process. Listed below is information about the Shipping Department’s first month’s activity.

Containers in transit, April 1	0
Containers loaded	1,190
Containers in transit, April 30	360,	40%	of direct materials and
		20%	of conversion costs

(a) Determine the physical flow of containers for the month.

Physical flow of containers

(b) Calculate the equivalent units for direct materials and conversion costs.

		Materials		Conversion Costs
Equivalent units

Solutions

Expert Solution

(a) Calculation of physical flow of containers for the month.

Physical flow of containers = 1,190

(b) Calculation for equivalent units for direct material and conversion cost.

Particulars	Total unit	Direct material	Conversion Cost
Container loaded during month	830	830	830
% of completion	1.00	1.00	1.00
	830	830	830
Containers in transit	360	360	360
% of completion	1.00	0.40	0.20
	360	144	72
Total equivalent unit	1,190	974	902

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