Kansas Supplies is a manufacturer of plastic parts that uses the weighted-average process costing method to account
Question:
Kansas Supplies is a manufacturer of plastic parts that uses the weighted-average process costing method to account for costs of production. It produces parts in three separate departments: Molding, Assembling, and Packaging. The following information was obtained for the Assembling Department for the month of April.
Work in process on April 1 had 111,000 units made up of the following.
AmountDegree of CompletionPrior department costs transferred in from the Molding Department$155,400100%Costs added by the Assembling DepartmentDirect materials$99,900100%Direct labor45,00770%Manufacturing overhead25,02650%$169,933Work in process, April 1$325,333
During April, 511,000 units were transferred in from the Molding Department at a cost of $715,400. The Assembling Department added the following costs.
Direct materials$440,910Direct labor215,903Manufacturing overhead117,264Total costs added$774,077
Assembling finished 411,000 units and transferred them to the Packaging Department.
At April 30, 211,000 units were still in work-in-process inventory. The degree of completion of work-in-process inventory at April 30 was as follows.
Direct materials90%Direct labor80Manufacturing overhead30
Required:
a.Prepare a production cost report using the weighted-average method.(Round "Cost per equivalent unit" to 2 decimal places.)
Table :
Physical Units Total cost Prior Department costs Material Labor
Flow of production units:
units to be accounted for:
Beginning WIP inventory
Units stated this period
Total units to be accounted for
Units accounted for:
units completed and transferred out
from beginning inventory
started and completed currently
Total transferred out
Costs to be accounted for
Costs in behinning WIP Inventory
Current period costs
Total costs to be accounted for
Cost equivalent unit:
prior department costs
Material
Labor
Manufacturing overhead
Cost accounted for:
Cost assigned to units transferred out:
prior department costs
Material
Labor
Manufacturing overhead
total costs of units transferred out
Cost assigned to ending WIP inventory:
Prior department costs
material
Labor
manufacturing overhead
Total ending WIP inventory
Total Costs accounted for