Test 2 Ch 5,7,8 Flashcards
Job-Order Costing
- Wide Variety of distinct products
- Costs accumulated by job
- Unit Cost= Total job costs / Output
Process Costing
- Homogeneous(similar) products
- Costs accumulated by process or department
- Unit Cost= Process Costs/ Output
Why is unit cost important?
What is it needed for?
-Unit Costs are very important because managers need accurate cost information on materials, labor, and overhead.
- Needed for:
1) The financial reporting requirements of costing inventory and determining income.
2) Decision making, such as pricing
What are the 2 ways to measure the cost associated with production?
Actual Costing and Normal Costing
Actual Cost System
Only actual costs of direct materials, Direct labor, and overhead are used to determine unit cost.
Normal Cost System
Determines unit cost by adding actual DM, actual DL, and estimated OH
Virtually all firms use Normal Costing
Predetermined Overhead Rate (formula)
OH=Estimated annual OH / Estimated Annual Activity Level
Applied Overhead (formula)
Applied OH= OH Rate x Actual activity level
Total Cost (formula)
Actual DM + Actual DL + Apllied OH
OH Variance (formula)
Applied OH - Actual OH
What is Overapplied OH
Underapplied OH
Overapplied OH= applied OH exceeds Actual OH
Underapplied OH= applied OH is less then Actual OH
Plantwide OH Rate (formula)
Plantwide OH Rate= Estimated Factory OH / Estimated Activity for factory
Departmental OH Rate (formula)
Departmental OH Rate= Estimated Department OH / Estimated Departmental Activity
Job-Order Cost Sheet - what does it look like
Job 44 Job 45 Job 46 BB DM DL Applied OH
Total
Work In Progress (WIP)
sum of all uncompleted jobs
Finished Goods
BB + all jobs completed but not sold
