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Weighted-Average Method; Transferred-in Costs Sanyo Corporation manufactures a popular mod...

Weighted-Average Method; Transferred-in Costs Sanyo Corporation manufactures a popular model of business calculators in a suburb of Seoul, South Korea. The production process goes through two departments, assembly and testing. The following information (in thousands of South Korean currency, the won) pertains to the testing department for the month of July.

Work-in-process inventory, July 1

 

6,000 units

Transferred-in costs

57,800 won

(100 percent complete)

Costs added by the department

 

 

Direct materials

23,400 won

(100 percent complete)

Conversion

23,360 won

(80 percent complete)

During the month of July, 15,000 units were transferred in from the assembly department at the cost of 141,700 won, and the testing department added costs of 201,820 won.

Direct materials

92,520 won

Conversion

109,300 won

During the month, 18,000 units were completed and transferred to the warehouse. At July 31, the completion percentage of work-in-process was as follows:

Direct materials

90 percent

Conversion

60 percent

Required

1. Prepare the production report of the testing department for the month of July using the weighted-average process costing.

2. Check the most recent issue of The Wall Street Journal or www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10/hist/ to learn the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the South Korean won.

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