Please help solve problem in Process Costing: Selzik Company makes super-premium cake mixes that go through two
Question:
Please help solve problem in Process Costing:
Selzik Company makes super-premium cake mixes that go through two processing departments, Blending and Packaging. The following activity was recorded in the Blending Department during July:
PRODUCTION DATA: Total
- Units in process, July 1 (materials 100% complete; conversion 30% complete) 10,000
- Units started into Production 170,000
- Units complete- transferred to Packaging xxxxxx
- Unitsin process, July 31 (materials 100% complete; conversion 40% complete) 20,000
COST DATA:
- Work in process inventory, July 1:
Materials cost $ 8,500
Conversion cost 4,900 $13,400
Cost added during the month:
Materials cost $139,400
Conversion cost 244,200 383,600
Total Cost $397,000
All materials are added at the beginning of work in the Blending Department.
Required:
Prepare: Production report in weighted average method and FIFO method for the Blending Department for July. Use the following 3 steps as a guide in preparing your report:
1.Prepare: quantity schedule and compute the equivalentsunits
2.Compute the costs per equivalent unit for the month
3.Using the data from (1) and (2) above, prepare: cost reconciliation