Required information The following information applies to the questions displayed below. The Fields Company has two manufacturing departments, forming and painting. The company uses the weighted-average method of process costing. At the beginning of the month, the forming department has 31,000 units in inventory, 70% complete as to materials and 30% complete as to conversion costs. The beginning inventory cost of $72,100 consisted of $52,000 of direct materials costs and $20,100 of conversion costs During the month, the forming department started 420,000 units. At the end of the month, the forming department had 40,000 units in ending inventory, 80% complete as to materials and 30% complete as to conversion. Units completed in the forming department are transferred to the painting department. Cost information for the forming department is as follows: Beginning work in process inventory Direct materials added during the month Conversion added during the month $ 72,190 1,631,40e 1,079,700