Cost
& Management Accounting
(MGT-402)
VU
Normal
Loss at the End of
Process:
Preceding
discussion of normal loss is
for a situation where units
are lost at the beginning
or
during
manufacturing process in the department.
In many industries, lost units
are identified by
quality
inspectors at the end of
manufacturing process when
all production costs have
been
incurred
by the department. In such cases cost of
units lost is charged to completed
units only and
no
portion of loss is absorbed by
Units in work in process ending
inventory
For
this purpose lost units
are included in equivalent
production and the
adjustment for lost
units
is
not required, cost of lost
units is included in cost of
units completed and transferred
out or still
in
the department. This treatment
increases unit cost of completed
units only.
Assuming
that in department 2 lost
units are discovered in
final inspection at the end of
process,
cost
of production report of the
department will be as
follow:
Ginza
Beauty products
Department
2
Cost
of Production Report
For
the Month of January
2006
Quantity
Schedule.
Units
received from preceding
department
20,000
Units
transferred to next
department
16,000
Units
still in process
(80%
direct labor & factory
overhead)
3,500
Units
lost in process
Normal
loss (at the end of
process)
500
20,000
Total
Unit
Cost
Charged to Department.
Rupees
Rupees
Cost
from preceding
department
390,000
19.50
Cost
added by department:
Direct
labor
36,284
1.88
Factory
overhead
72,568
3.76
Total
cost added by
department
108,852
5.64
Total
cost to be accounted for
498,852
25.14
Cost
Accounted for as Follow
Rupees
Rupees
Transferred
to next department
(16,000
units x Rs. 25.93)
414,810
Work
in process ending inventory
Cost
from preceding
department
(3,500
units x Rs. 19.50)
68,250
Direct
labor (3,500 units x 80% x
Rs 1.88)
5,264
FOH
(3.500 units x 80% x Rs.
3.76)
10,528
84,042
Total
cost accounted for
498,852
Equivalent
units produced
16,000
+ (3,500 x 80%) + 500 = 19,300
units
Cost
per unit
Direct
labors
36,284/19,300
units
1.88
Factory
overhead
72,568/19,300
units
3.76
Cost
transferred to next department
16000
units x Rs. 25.14
402,240
Add
cost of lost units
500
units x Rs. 25.14
12,570
143