Question

Old Country Links Inc. produces sausages in three production departments—Mixing, Casing and Curing, and Packaging. In the Mixing Department, meats are prepared and ground and then mixed with spices. The spiced meat mixture is then transferred to the Casing and Curing Department, where the mixture is force-fed into casings and then hung and cured in climate-controlled smoking chambers. In the Packaging Department, the cured sausages are sorted, packed, and labeled. The company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. Data for September for the Casing and Curing Department follow:

			Percent Completed
	Units	Mixing	Materials	Conversion
Work in process inventory, September 1	1	60%	50%	50%
Work in process inventory, September 30	1	100%	40%	40%

	Mixing	Materials	Conversion
Work in process inventory, September 1	$1,830	$ 210	$ 695
Cost added during September	$102,490	$9,300	$53,195

Mixing cost represents the costs of the spiced meat mixture transferred in from the Mixing Department. The spiced meat mixture is processed in the Casing and Curing Department in batches; each unit in the above table is a batch and one batch of spiced meat mixture produces a set amount of sausages that are passed on to the Packaging Department. During September, 63 batches (i.e., units) were completed and transferred to the Packaging Department.

Requirement 1:

Determine the equivalent units for September for mixing, materials, and conversion. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

	Mixing	Materials	Conversion
Equivalent units of production

Requirement 2:

Compute the costs per equivalent unit for September for mixing, materials, and conversion. (Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

	Mixing	Materials	Conversion
Cost per equivalent unit	$	$	$

Requirement 3:
(a)	Determine the total cost of ending work in process inventory. (Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

	Mixing	Materials	Conversion	Total
Cost of ending work in process inventory	$	$	$	$

(b)	Determine the total cost of units transferred to the Packaging Department in September. (Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

	Mixing	Materials	Conversion	Total
Cost of units transferred out	$	$	$	$

Answer 1

Requirement 1 Equivalent units of production Mixing Material Conversion

Opening Inventory 0.4 0.5 0.5

Started and completed    62 62 62

Closing inventory 1    0.4 0.4

Total Equivalent units 63.4 62.9 62.9

Requirement 2   

Cost per Equivalent unit. Mixing. Material. Conversion

Total Cost. 102490. 9300. 53195

equivalent unit. 63.4. 62.9. 62.9

Cost per Equivalent unit. 1616.56. 147.85. 845.71

Requirement 3

cost of ending WIP

Mixing. 1616.56*1=$ 1616.56

material 147.85*.4 =$ 59

conversion 845.71*.4 =$ 338.2

Requirement 4

cost of unit transferred out

mixing= 1616.56*62.4 =$100873.34+ 1830 =$ 102703.34

material = 147.85* 62.5 =$ 9241+ 210 =$ 1131

coversion = 845.71*62.5 =$ 52856.8 + 695 =$ 53551.8

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