Reference no: EM132846002
Question - 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 117,000 units made up of the following.
Amount Degree of Completion
Prior department costs transferred in from the Molding Department $170,820 100%
Costs added by the Assembling Department Direct materials $93,600 100%
Direct labor 55,219 70%
Manufacturing overhead 18,861 50%
$167,680
Work in process, April 1 $338,500
During April, 517,000 units were transferred in from the Molding Department at a cost of $754,820. The Assembling Department added the following costs.
Direct materials $396,240
Direct labor 269,611
Manufacturing overhead 101,664
Total costs added $767,515
Assembling finished 417,000 units and transferred them to the Packaging Department.
At April 30, 217,000 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 30
Required - Make a production cost report using FIFO.