iii': \"1 think we goofed when we hired that new assistant controller.\" said Richard Spina. president of Kingston Manufacturing Industries. \"Just look at this repon that he prepared for last month for the Finishing Department. [can't understand it." Finishing Department costs: Work in process inventory. April 1, 450 units; materials l00% complete; conversion 60% complete Costs transfen'ed in during the month from the preceding department, 1.950 units Materials cost added during the month Conversion costs incurred during the month Total departmental costs Finishing Department costs assigned to: Completed and transferred to nished goods, 1,800 units at $25.7l per unit $46,278 Work in process inventory, April 30, 600 units; materials 0% complete; conversion 35% complete 0 Total departmental costs assigned $46,278 Table Summary: Two-column table shows descriptions in rst column and dollar values in second column. First section calculates total departmental costs for the Finishing Department, and second section calculates total departmental costs assigned for the Finishing Department. A note at the bottom applies to the rst dollar amount. \"He's struggling to learn our system," replied John Harding, the operations manager. \"The problem is that he's been away from process costing for a long time. and it's coming back slowly." \\i . / 'm___,/ \"It's notjust the format ofhis report that I'm concerned about. Look at that $25.71 unit cost that he's come up with for April. Doesn't that seem high to you?" said Mr. Spina. "Yes, it does seem high; but on the other hand, I know we had an increase in materials prices during April, and that may be the explanation," replied Mr. Harding. \"I'll get someone else to redo this report and then we can see what's going on." Kingston Manufacturing industries manufactures a ceramic product that goes through two processing departmentsMolding and Finishing. The company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing. Required: 1. As you have learned Process Costing in detail, prepare a report for the Finishing Department showing A) the Physical Flow of units and Equivalent units B) how much would be Cost per Equivalent unit? C) how much cost should have been assigned to the units completed and transferred to nished goods, and how much cost should have been assigned to ending work in process inventory in the Finishing Department. 2. Explain to the president why the unit cost on the new assistant controller's report is so high. 3. Prepare a Cost Reconciliation report