Assignment Question(s): (Marks 10)

Q1. Explain how job costing is used in service sectors and manufacturing sectors? Provide examples by citing one job costing example of the service sector and one example of the manufacturing sector of a Saudi company to support your answers. (CH 5, 2 Marks)

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Q2. Axel Ltd. uses a process costing system for its sole processing department. There were 24,000 units in beginning WIP inventory for March and 216,000 units were started in March. The beginning WIP units were 75% complete and the 19,500 units in ending WIP were 60% complete. All materials are added at the start of processing.

(CH 6, 3Marks)

Required:

a) Compute the no. of units started & completed.

b) Compute the EUP for DM and CC using FIFO and WA methods.

c) Calculate total manufacturing cost/EUP under both methods, if the following details are available:

	FIFO	WA
Direct Material Cost	SAR 700,000	SAR 910,000
Conversion Cost	SAR 920,000	SAR 1,210,000

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Q 3 DD Company has two departments, Dept. A and Dept. You are provided the following costs for five activities that occur at the manufacturing plant every month:

(CH 7, 2 Marks)

Activity	Total Costs (SAR)	Total number of units of Cost Driver
Material handling	315,000	450,000 parts
Supervision of direct labor	180,000	110 employees
Janitorial and cleaning	250,000	5,500 hours
Machining	350,000	8,500 machine hours
Total costs	1,095,000

The above activities are used by the two departments as follows:

	Department A	Department B
Material handling	220,000 parts	230,000 parts
Supervision of direct labor	65 employees	45 employees
Time spent cleaning	2,500 hours	3,000 hours
Number of machine hours	6,000 machine hours	2,500 machine hours

a. How much of the material handling cost will be allocated to Department A?

b. What is the ABC allocation rate for supervision of direct labor?

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Q 4. T&T produces product X as a part of its main product. Each year, the company produces 75,000 units of product X. The costs of production are mentioned below. An outside supplier has offered to deliver 75,000 units of product Xannually at a cost of $7.35 per unit. A fixed production cost of $ 120,000 is unavoidable for product X. Should T&T Co. make or buy product X?

(CH 4, 2 Marks)

The production costs per unit for manufacturing a unit of product B are:

Production Cost	Amount ($)
Direct Materials	2.55
Direct Labor	1.95
Variable Manufacturing Overhead	1.20

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Q5. ABC is a costing method that allocates overhead and indirect costs to related products and services. Comment on this statement and examine how ABC is used in the manufacturing sector with a suitable example. (CH 7, 1 Mark)

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