Question: Sierra Company manufactures soccer balls in two sequential processes: Cutting and Stitching. All direct materials enter production at the beginning of the cutting process. The

Sierra Company manufactures soccer balls in two sequential processes: Cutting and Stitching. All direct materials enter production at the beginning of the cutting process. The following information is available regarding its May inventories.
Beginning Inventory Ending Inventory
Raw materials inventory $ 71,000 $ 85,600
Work in process inventoryCutting 173,500125,500
Work in process inventoryStitching 193,300100,800
Finished goods inventory 46,10034,250
The following additional information describes the company's production activities for May.
Direct materials
Raw materials purchased on credit $ 90,000
Direct materials usedCutting 25,000
Direct materials usedStitching 0
Direct labor
Direct laborCutting $ 22,100
Direct laborStitching 88,400
Factory Overhead (Actual costs)
Indirect materials used $ 50,400
Indirect labor used 57,600
Other overhead costs 60,000
Factory Overhead Rates
Cutting 150% of direct materials used
Stitching 120% of direct labor used
Sales $ 776,000
Required:
1. Compute the amount of
(a) production costs transferred from Cutting to Stitching,
(b) production costs transferred from Stitching to finished goods, and
(c) cost of goods sold.
Hint: Compute the total production costs in each department and then subtract the ending inventory to get the amount transferred out of each department.

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