Managerial Accounting
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Wild and Shaw
Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Chapter 3
Process Costing
and Analysis
Conceptual Learning
Objectives
C1: Explain process operations and the way
they differ from job order operations.
C2: Define and compute equivalent units and
explain their use in process cost
accounting.
C3: Define and prepare a process cost
summary and describe its purposes.
C4: Appendix: Explain and illustrate the
accounting for production activity using
FIFO.
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Analytical Learning Objectives
A1: Compare process cost accounting
and job order cost accounting.
A2: Explain and illustrate a hybrid costing
system.
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Procedural Learning
Objectives
P1: Record the flow of direct materials costs in
process cost accounting.
P2: Record the flow of direct labor costs in
process cost accounting.
P3: Record the flow of factory overhead costs
in process cost accounting.
P4: Record the transfer of completed goods to
Finished Goods Inventory and Cost of
Goods Sold.
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C1
Process Manufacturing
Operations
 Used for production of small,
identical, low-cost items.
 Mass produced in automated
continuous production process.
 Costs cannot be directly traced
to each unit of product.
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A1
Comparing Job Order and
Process Production
Job Order Systems

Custom orders

Heterogeneous
products

Low production volume


Process Systems

Repetitive operations

Homogeneous products

High production volume
High product flexibility

Low product flexibility
Low to medium
standardization

High standardization
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A1
Job and Process Costing
Similarities
Same objective: to determine
the cost of products
Same inventory accounts: raw materials,
work in process, and finished goods
Same overhead assignment method:
predetermined rate times actual activity
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A1
Job and Process Costing
Similarities and Differences
Journal entries for
both job order and
process costing
are the identical
The difference
between job
order and
process costing
lies in how the
cost of goods
transferred to
finished goods
is determined.
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A1
Job Order and Process
Costing Differences
Job order costing
Process costing
The cost of goods
transferred to
finished goods is
equal to the sum of
all of the completed
jobs for that period
The cost of goods
transferred to finished
goods equals the
number of completed
units times the cost
per equivalent unit
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C2
Equivalent Units of Production
Equivalent units is a concept expressing a
number of partially completed units as a
smaller number of fully completed units.
Two one-half full pitchers are
equivalent to one full pitcher.
+
=
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C2
Equivalent Units
40% of
Material
60% of
Material
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
25% of
Labor and
Overhead
25% of
Labor and
Overhead
50% of
Labor and
Overhead
The process is now complete.
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C2
Cost Per Equivalent Unit
Cost per
equivalent
unit
Product costs for the period
=
Equivalent units for the period
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Process Manufacturing
Operations GenX
C3
Indirect
Materials
Direct
Factory
Allocated
Overhead
Indirect
Overhead
Labor
Direct
Goods in
Process
Finished
Goods
Delivered
to
Customers
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C3
Accounting for GenX
GenX Production Data for April
Beginning Inventory:
Units of product
Percentage of completion - direct materials
Percentage of completion - direct labor
Units started in April
Units completed and transferred out
30,000
100%
40%
90,000
100,000
Ending Inventory:
Units of product
Percentage of completion - direct materials
Percentage of completion - direct labor
20,000
100%
25%
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C3
Accounting for GenX
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C3
Accounting for GenX
GenX uses a weighted average cost flow
system with the following steps:




Determine the physical flow of units.
Compute equivalent units of production.
Compute the cost per equivalent unit.
Assign and reconcile costs.
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C3
 Determine Physical Flow of
Units
GenX Physical Flow for April
Units to account for:
Beginning inventory
Units started during April
Total number of units
Units accounted for as:
Units completed and transferred out
Ending inventory
Total number of units
30,000
90,000
120,000
100,000
20,000
120,000
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C2
 Compute Equivalent
Units of Production - Materials
GenX
Direct Materials Equivalent Units of Production for April
Units of
Product
Percentage Equivalent
of Completion
Units
Equivalent units completed and
transferred out
100,000
100%
100,000
Ending goods in process
Total units
20,000
120,000
100%
20,000
120,000
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C2
 Compute Equivalent
Units of Production – Direct
Labor and Factory Overhead
GenX Direct Labor and Factory
Overhead Equivalent Units of Production for April
Units of
Product
Percentage Equivalent
of Completion
Units
Equivalent units completed and
transferred out
100,000
100%
100,000
Ending goods in process
Total units
20,000
120,000
25%
5,000
105,000
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C2
 Compute Equivalent
Units of Production
Equivalent Units of Production for April
Direct
Materials
Equivalent units completed and
tramsferred out
Equivalent units for ending
ending good in process
Equivalent units of production
for period
Direct
Labor
Factory
Overhead
100,000
100,000
100,000
20,000
5,000
5,000
120,000
105,000
105,000
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C2
 Compute Cost Per Equivalent
Unit
GenX
Cost Per Equivalent Unit for April
Direct
Materials
Costs of beginning goods
in process inventory
Costs incurred this period
Total costs
÷ Equivalent units of
production
Cost per equivalent unit
of production
$
3,300
9,900
$ 13,200
÷
= $
120,000 ÷
Direct
Labor
$
Factory
Overhead
600
5,700
$
720
6,840
$ 6,300
$
7,560
105,000 ÷
0.11 = $
0.06 = $
105,000
0.072
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C3
 Cost Reconciliation
In the cost reconciliation, we will
account for all costs incurred
by assigning unit costs to the:
A. 100,000 units transferred out.
B. 20,000 units remaining in ending
inventory.
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C3
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C3
Process Cost Summary
Shows the flow
of units and costs
through work in
process.
Provides cost
information for
financial
statements.
Process
Cost
Summary
Helps factory
managers evaluate
department manager
performance.
Helps managers
control their
departments.
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C3
Process Cost Summary
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C3
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C3
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C3
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End of Chapter 3
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