Dashboard Inc. manufactures and assembles automobile instrument panels for both eCar Motors and Greenville Motors. The process consists of a lean product cell for each customers instrument assembly. The data that follow concern only the eCar lean cell.

For the year, Dashboard Inc. budgeted the following costs for the eCar production cell:

1	Conversion Cost Categories	Budget
2	Labor	$672,000.00
3	Supplies	41,000.00
4	Utilities	31,000.00
5	Total	$744,000.00

Dashboard Inc. plans 2,400 hours of production for the eCar cell for the year. The materials cost is $140 per instrument assembly. Each assembly requires 15 minutes of cell assembly time. There was no April 1 inventory for either Raw and In Process Inventory or Finished Goods Inventory.

The following summary events took place in the eCar cell during April:

a.	Electronic parts and wiring were purchased to produce 9,200 instrument assemblies in April.
b.	Conversion costs were applied for the production of 9,000 units in April.
c.	8,850 units were started, completed, and transferred to finished goods in April.
d.	8,800 units were shipped to customers at a price of $470 per unit.

	Required:
1.	Determine the budgeted cell conversion cost per hour.
2.	Determine the budgeted cell conversion cost per unit. If required, round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.
3.	Journalize the summary transactions (a) through (d). Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.
4.	Determine the ending balance in Raw and In Process Inventory and Finished Goods Inventory.
5.	How does the accounting in a lean environment differ from traditional accounting?

CHART OF ACCOUNTS

Dashboard Inc.

General Ledger

	ASSETS
110	Cash
120	Accounts Receivable
125	Notes Receivable
140	Office Supplies
141	Store Supplies
142	Prepaid Insurance
150	Raw and In Process Inventory
151	Finished Goods Inventory
180	Land
190	Equipment
191	Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment

	LIABILITIES
210	Accounts Payable
216	Salaries Payable
218	Sales Tax Payable
219	Customers Refunds Payable
221	Notes Payable

	EQUITY
31	Common Stock
32	Retained Earnings
33	Dividends
34	Income Summary

	REVENUE
410	Sales

	EXPENSES
510	Cost of Goods Sold
511	Conversion Costs
521	Advertising Expense
523	Depreciation Expense-Equipment
526	Salaries Expense
531	Rent Expense
533	Insurance Expense
534	Store Supplies Expense
535	Office Supplies Expense
536	Credit Card Expense
539	Miscellaneous Expense
710	Interest Expense

1. Determine the budgeted cell conversion cost per hour.

________________per hour

2. Determine the budgeted cell conversion cost per unit. If required, round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.

________________per unit

3. Journalize the summary transactions for April 30. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.

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JOURNAL

	DATE	DESCRIPTION	POST. REF.	DEBIT	CREDIT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

4. Determine the ending balance in Raw and In Process Inventory and Finished Goods Inventory.

Raw and In Process Inventory
Finished Goods Inventory

5. How does the accounting in a lean environment differ from traditional accounting?

Lean accounting is different from traditional accounting because it is more _______ and uses ________ control. As a result, the number of transactions are______________ . In many lean operations purchased materials are charged to a _____________ . Direct labor is frequently________________ . Often, nonfinancial performance measures, such as _____________ , are used to monitor performance.