A company manufactures a product that goes through two processes. You are given the following cost information
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A company manufactures a product that goes through two processes. You are given the following cost information about the process for the month of November 2019.
Process 1 | Process 2 | |
Inputs (units) | 15,000 | - |
Finished input from process 1 | - | 10,000 |
Finished output in process 2 | 10,000 | - |
Finished unit output from process 2 | - | 9,500 |
Opening WIP – Units | - | 2,000 |
Opening WIP - Value | - | GHS 26,200 |
Input – Material | GHS 26,740 | - |
- Labour | GHS 36,150 | GHS 40,000 |
- Overhead | GHS 40,635 | GHS 59,700 |
Closing WIP – Units | 4,400 | 1,800 |
You are told:
- The closing Work-In-Progress in process 1 was 80% complete for material, 50% complete for labor and 40% complete for overhead.
- The opening Work-In-Progress was 40% complete for labour and 50% complete for overhead. It had a value of labour of GHS 3,200; and overhead of GHS 6,000 for work done in process 2
- The closing Work-In-Progress was two-thirds complete for labour and 75% complete for overhead.
- No further material needed to be added to the units transferred from Process 1.
- Normal loss is budgeted at 5% of total input in Process 1 and Process 2. Total inputs is to be inclusive of any opening Work-In-Progress
- Normal loss has no scrap value in Process 1 and can be sold for the input value from Process 1 and Process 2
- Abnormal losses have no sales value
- It is company policy to value opening WIP in a process by Weighted Average Method
You are required to prepare the following accounts for the period:
- Process 1 Account
- Process 2 Account
- Normal Loss Account
- Abnormal loss/gain account
Related Book For
Managerial Economics
ISBN: 978-0133020267
7th edition
Authors: Paul Keat, Philip K Young, Steve Erfle
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