Question: FIFO Method, Physical Flow, Equivalent Units, Unit Costs, Cost Assignment Swasey Fabrication, Inc., manufactures frames for bicycles. Each frame passes through three processes: Cutting, Welding,

FIFO Method, Physical Flow, Equivalent Units, Unit Costs, Cost Assignment

Swasey Fabrication, Inc., manufactures frames for bicycles. Each frame passes through three processes: Cutting, Welding, and Painting. In September, the Cutting Department of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, plant reported the following data:

  1. In Cutting, all direct materials are added at the beginning of the process.
  2. Beginning work in process consisted of 40,000 units, 20 percent complete with respect to direct labor and overhead. Costs in beginning inventory included direct materials, $1,215,000; direct labor, $222,000; and applied overhead, $150,000.
  3. Costs added to production during the month were direct materials, $2,565,000; direct labor, $3,471,050. Overhead was assigned using the following information:
Activity Rate Actual Driver Usage
Inspection $150 per inspection hour 4,000 inspection hours
Maintenance $750 per maintenance hour 1,600 maintenance hours
Receiving $300 per receiving order 2,000 receiving orders
  1. At the end of the month, 122,000 units were transferred out to Welding, leaving 14,000 units in ending work in process, or 25 percent complete.

Assume that the FIFO method is used.

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1. Prepare a physical flow schedule.

Units to account for: blank
Units, beginning work in processUnits completed and transferred outUnits, ending work in processUnits, beginning work in process Units, beginning work in process
Units completed and transferred outUnits, ending work in processUnits started (transferred in)Units started (transferred in) Units started (transferred in)
Total units to account for fill in the blank f7648b016074010_5
Units accounted for: blank
Units, beginning work in processUnits completed and transferred outUnits started (transferred in)Units completed and transferred out Units completed and transferred out
Units, beginning work in processUnits, ending work in processUnits started (transferred in)Units, ending work in process Units, ending work in process
Total units accounted for fill in the blank f7648b016074010_10

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1. A physical flow schedule shows the units to account for and what happened to them.

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2. Calculate equivalent units of production for direct materials and conversion costs.

Equivalent Units
Direct Materials fill in the blank 5581ccf97f8d037_1
Conversion Costs fill in the blank 5581ccf97f8d037_2

3. Compute unit cost. Round unit costs & final answer to three decimal places. $fill in the blank 5581ccf97f8d037_3 per unit

4. Calculate the cost of goods transferred to Welding at the end of the month. In your calculations, round unit costs to three decimal places. Round your final answer to the nearest dollar. $fill in the blank 5581ccf97f8d037_4

Calculate the cost of ending inventory. In your calculations, round unit costs to three decimal places. Round your final answer to the nearest dollar. $fill in the blank 5581ccf97f8d037_5

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