Ceramic Painting prepares and packages paint products. Ceramic PaintingCeramic Painting has two departments: Blending and Packaging. Direct materials are added at the beginning of the blending process (dyes) and at the end of the packaging process (cans). Conversion costs are added evenly throughout each process. The company uses theweighted-average method. Data from the month of May for the Blending Department are as follows:

	Gallons
	Beginning Work-in-Process Inventory	0	gallons
	Started in production	6,600	gallons
	Completed and transferred out to Packaging in May	4,400	gallons
	Ending Work-in-Process Inventory (30% of the way through	2,200	gallons
	the blending process)
	Costs
	Beginning Work-in-Process Inventory	$0
	Costs added during May:
	Direct materials	4,620
	Direct labor	2,500
	Manufacturing overhead allocated	1,548
	Total costs added during May	$8,668

Requirement 1

Compute the Blending Department's equivalent units of production for direct materials and for conversion costs.

Requirement 2. Compute the total costs of the units (gallons) (a) completed and transferred out to the Packaging Department, and (b) in the Blending Department ending Work-in-Process Inventory.Complete the Production Cost Report that you began in Requirement 1 by calculating the costs per equivalent unit in this step, and then by calculating the the total cost of units completed and transferred out and of units in ending inventory in the following step. (Complete all answer boxes. Enter a "0" for any zero balances. Round the cost per equivalent unit amounts to the nearest cent and all other amounts to the nearest dollar. Abbreviation used: EUP = equivalent units of production.)

Ceramic Painting
Production Cost Report - Blending Department (Partial)
Month Ended May 31
	Direct	Conversion	Total
COSTS	Materials	Costs	Costs
Costs to account for:
Total costs to account for
Cost per equivalent unit

Costs accounted for:
Total costs accounted for

and,

SeaBound uses three processes to manufacture lifts for personal watercraft: forming a lift's parts from galvanized steel, assembling the lift, and testing the completed lift.

The lifts are transferred to Finished Goods Inventory before shipment to marinas across the country. SeaBound's Testing Department requires no direct materials. Conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout the testing process. Other information follows for the month of August:

UNITS
Beginning Work-in-Process Inventory	2,400	units
Transferred in from Assembling Department during the period	7,300	units
Completed during the period	4,500	units
Ending Work-in-Process Inventory (40% complete for conversion work)	5,200	units
COSTS
Beginning Work-in-Process Inventory (transferred in costs, $90,000;
conversion cost, $22,000)	$112,000
Transferred in from the Assembly Department during the period	695,700
Conversion costs added during the period	70,120

The cost transferred into Finished Goods Inventory is the cost of the lifts transferred out of the Testing Department. SeaBound uses weighted-average process costing.

Requirement 1. Prepare a production cost report for the Testing Department. (Round all cost per unit amounts to the nearest cent and all other amounts to the nearest whole dollar. Abbreviation used: EUP = equivalent units of production.)

SeaBound
Production Cost Report-Testing Department
Month Ended August 31
		Equivalent Units
	Physical	Transferred	Direct	Conversion
UNITS	Units	In	Materials	Costs
Units to account for:
Total units to account for
Units accounted for:
			n/a
			n/a
Total units accounted for			n/a

		Transferred	Direct	Conversion	Total
COSTS		In	Materials	Costs	Costs
Costs to account for:
			n/a
			n/a
Total costs to account for			n/a
			n/a
Cost per equivalent unit			n/a

Costs accounted for:
		n/a
		n/a
Total costs accounted for		n/a

Requirement 2. What is the cost per unit for lifts completed and transferred out to Finished Goods Inventory? Why would management be interested in this cost?

The cost per unit for lifts completed and transferred out to Finished Goods Inventory is $

per lift.

Why would management be interested in the cost per unit for lifts completed and transferred out to Finished Goods Inventory?

A.Managers use the cost per lift for external financial reportinglong dashspecifically to calculate the ending inventory balances on the Balance Sheet.

B.Managers use the cost per lift for external financial reportinglong dashspecifically to calculate the Cost of Goods Sold on the Income Statement.

C. Managers would compare the average cost per lift against their budgeted costs to determine whether the costs of the Testing Department remain under control. If budgeted costs are higher than the actual average cost per lift, then the managers have done a good job controlling costs. In contrast, if the budgeted costs are lower than the actual average cost per lift, managers will investigate the reason for the higher-than-expected costs in an effort to regain control over costs.

D. All of the above are reasons why management would be interested in this cost per unit for lifts completed and transferred out to Finished Goods Inventory.

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