Equivalent Units and Related Costs; Cost of Production Report; Entries

Dover Chemical Company manufactures specialty chemicals by a series of three processes, all materials being introduced in the Distilling Department. From the Distilling Department, the materials pass through the Reaction and Filling departments, emerging as finished chemicals.

The balance in the account Work in ProcessFilling was as follows on January 1:

Work in ProcessFilling Department
(2,700 units, 80% completed):
	Direct materials (2,700 x $12.9)	$34,830
	Conversion (2,700 x 80% x $8.3)	17,928
		$52,758

The following costs were charged to Work in ProcessFilling during January:

Direct materials transferred from Reaction
	Department: 34,800 units at $12.6 a unit	$438,480
Direct labor		155,470
Factory overhead		149,378

During January, 34,500 units of specialty chemicals were completed. Work in ProcessFilling Department on January 31 was 3,000 units, 90% completed.

Required:

1. Prepare a cost of production report for the Filling Department for January. If an amount is zero, enter "0". If required, round your cost per equivalent unit answers to two decimal places.

Dover Chemical Company
Cost of Production Report-Filling Department
For the Month Ended January 31
Unit Information
Units charged to production:
Inventory in process, January 1
Received from Reaction Department
Total units accounted for by the Filling Department
Units to be assigned costs:
		Equivalent Units
	Whole Units	Direct Materials	Conversion
Inventory in process, January 1
Started and completed in January
Transferred to finished goods in January
Inventory in process, January 31
Total units to be assigned costs
Cost Information
Costs per equivalent unit:
		Direct Materials	Conversion
Total costs for January in Filling Department		$	$
Total equivalent units
Cost per equivalent unit		$	$
Costs charged to production:
	Direct Materials	Conversion	Total
Inventory in process, January 1			$
Costs incurred in January
Total costs accounted for by the Filling Department			$
Cost allocated to completed and partially completed units:
Inventory in process, January 1 balance			$
To complete inventory in process, January 1		$
Cost of completed January 1 work in process			$
Started and completed in January	$
Transferred to finished goods in January			$
Inventory in process, January 31
Total costs assigned by the Filling Department			$

Feedback

1. Calculate equivalent units for materials and conversion costs. Calculate the cost per equivalent unit for materials and conversion costs. Calculate the costs assigned to the beginning inventory, the units started and completed, and the ending inventory.

2. Journalize the entries for (1) costs transferred from Reaction to Filling and (2) the cost transferred from Filling to Finished Goods.

(1)	Work in Process-Filling Department
	Work in Process-Reaction Department
(2)	Finished Goods
	Work in Process-Filling Department

Feedback

2. Remember that there are three types of inventory; materials, work in process, and finished goods. What costs are captured in the work in process account? Are these units 100% complete or are they being transferred to another department?

3. Determine the increase or decrease in the cost per equivalent unit from November to January for direct materials and conversion costs. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.

	Increase or Decrease	Amount
Change in direct materials cost per equivalent unit	Decrease	$
Change in conversion cost per equivalent unit	Increase	$