Process Costing Journal Entries.Silva Piping Company produces PVC piping in two processing departmentsFabrication and Packaging. Transactions for the month of July are shown as follows.

1. Direct materials totaling $15,000 are requisitioned and placed into production$7,000 for the Fabrication department and $8,000 for the Packaging department.
2. Direct labor costs (wages payable) are incurred by each department as follows:
3. Fabrication$4,500Packaging$6,700
4. Manufacturing overhead costs are applied to each department as follows:
5. Fabrication$20,000Packaging$14,000
6. Products with a cost of $22,000 are transferred from the Fabrication department to the Packaging department.
7. Products with a cost of $35,000 are completed and transferred from the Packaging department to the finished goods warehouse.
8. Products with a cost of $31,000 are sold to customers.
9. Required:
10. Prepare journal entries to record each of the previous transactions.
11. In general, how does the process costing system used here differ from a job costing system?