Allgood, Inc., an automotive exhaust system manufacturer, has two departments in muffler production, the fabrication and the
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Allgood, Inc., an automotive exhaust system manufacturer, has two departments in muffler production, the fabrication and the assembly departments. All materials for the fabrication department were added at the beginning of the process. Data recorded for January follow:
Units | % Complete | DM | Conversion | Transfer-In | |||||||
Fabrication Department | |||||||||||
WIP inventory, January 1 | 6,000 | 20% | $15,000 | $20,000 | |||||||
Transferred to assembly deparment in January | 50,000 | ||||||||||
WIP inventory, January 31 | 4,000 | 40% | |||||||||
Stage of completion, beg WIP, wrt materials | 100% | ||||||||||
Stage of completion, ending WIP inv, wrt materials | 100% | ||||||||||
Assembly department | |||||||||||
WIP inventory, January 1 | 10,000 | 40% | $200,000 | $92,000 | |||||||
Completed and transferred out in January | 55,000 | ||||||||||
WIP inventory, January 31 | 5,000 | 40% | |||||||||
Costs incurred in January | |||||||||||
Fabrication department | $117,500 | $310,850 | |||||||||
Assembly department | $723,400 |
Assembly department: stage of completion of any WIP inventories with respect to Transferred-in costs = 100%
Required
Calculate the following using the weighted-average method:
1. Equivalent units of direct materials and conversion in the fabrication department.
2. Unit costs of direct materials and conversion in the fabrication department.
3. Cost of goods transferred to the assembly department from the fabrication department in the month of January.
4. Cost of the work-in-process ending inventory in the fabrication department.
5. Equivalent units of transferred-in and conversion in the assembly department.
6. Unit costs of transferred-in and conversion in the assembly department.
7. Cost of goods transferred to finished goods from the assembly department in January.
8. Cost of the work-in-process ending inventory in the assemblydepartment.
Ending InventoryThe ending inventory is the amount of inventory that a business is required to present on its balance sheet. It can be calculated using the ending inventory formula Ending Inventory Formula =...
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