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Kansas Supplies is a manufacturer of plastic parts that uses the weighted-average process costing method to account for costs of production. It produces parts in

Kansas Supplies is a manufacturer of plastic parts that uses the weighted-average process costing method to account for costs of production. It produces parts in three separate departments: Molding, Assembling, and Packaging. The following information was obtained for the Assembling Department for the month of April.

Work in process on April 1 had 115,000 units made up of the following:

Amount Degree of Completion
Prior department costs transferred in from the Molding Department $ 165,600 100 %
Costs added by the Assembling Department
Direct materials $ 108,100 100 %
Direct labor 47,965 70 %
Manufacturing overhead 29,355 50 %
$ 185,420
Work in process, April 1 $ 351,020

During April, 515,000 units were transferred in from the Molding Department at a cost of $741,600. The Assembling Department added the following costs:

Direct materials $ 463,890
Direct labor 227,925
Manufacturing overhead 147,135
Total costs added $ 838,950

Assembling finished 415,000 units and transferred them to the Packaging Department.

At April 30, 215,000 units were still in work-in-process inventory. The degree of completion of work-in-process inventory at April 30 was as follows:

Direct materials 90 %
Direct labor 80
Manufacturing overhead 35

Required:

a. Prepare a production cost report using FIFO. (Round "Cost per equivalent unit" to 2 decimal places.)

KANSAS SUPPLIES
Assembling Department
Production Cost ReportFIFO
Flow of Production Units COMPUTE EQUIVALENT UNITS
Physical Units Prior Department Costs Materials Labor Manufacturing Overhead
Units to be accounted for:
Beginning WIP inventory
Units started this period
Total units to be accounted for
Units accounted for:
Units completed and transferred out:
From beginning inventory
Started and completed currently
Units in ending WIP inventory

Total units accounted for

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