Chapter Two Manufacturing Costs and Job-Order Costing Systems

What Does it Cost to Make Something? In Accounting 284, all inventory was purchased from another entity In Accounting 285, we will learn how to cost a product that is manufactured All cost associated with the production process are called product costs and go through inventory accounts

Product and Period Costs Product costs are  Direct material  Direct labor  Manufacturing Overhead Indirect material Indirect labor Utilities Depreciation Any other manufacturing cost Period Costs are  Selling cost  Administrative cost

Product Costs and Period Costs Product Cost Period Cost Inventory Accounts Cost of Goods Sold Selling General and Administrative Expense Income Statement Balance Sheet

Three Inventory Accounts Material inventory includes the cost of materials purchased but not yet put into production Work in Process (WIP) includes the cost of material, labor and manufacturing overhead of goods started but not yet completed Finished goods included the cost of good completed but not yet sold

Cost Flows Through Inventory Raw material Direct labor Overhead Work in Process Finished Goods Cost of Goods Sold

Flow Through Accounts

Job-order versus Process Costing Job-order costing keeps track of the cost of materials and labor used on each job and then applies manufacturing overhead to each job. Process costing keeps track of total costs and divides by output for a period to get an average unit cost.

Job Order versus Process Costing Use Job order costing for non-repetitive, high cost unique orders Use Process costing for large numbers of homogeneous products Which would home builder, tomato cannery, and automobile manufacturer use?

Job Order Costing Keep payroll records according to jobs to know direct labor cost of each job Use material requisitions for all materials to know the direct material cost for each job Put all overhead (including indirect materials and indirect labor) into the overhead account and “apply” it to jobs

Actual versus Normal Overhead The big problem in job order costing is relating overhead to production To solve this, overhead is applied to production on the basis of some activity driver Actual costing waits until the end of the period and then determines the actual overhead and the actual level of the driver. Normal costing estimates the level of the driver and overhead in advance and then applies it throughout the period.

Problems with Actual Costing If done on shorter than an annual period - say monthly - overhead rates can vary greatly from month to month. If done annually, must wait until end of year to determine costs of all units during the year No estimates are available for bidding, which is how job order costers normally obtain jobs.

Normal Costing Use a predetermined overhead rate so that products can be costed as the period goes along, not at the end Rate is developed by using the cost formula for overhead, estimating activity and developing a rate This is called NORMAL COSTING

Developing Overhead Rate 1) Determine overhead application basis 2) Estimate activity level 3) Estimate overhead costs at that level 4) Divide estimated costs by activity to get rate

Rate Example 1) Activity driver is direct labor hours 2) Estimated activity level is 25,000 hours 3) Estimated costs at 25,000 hours is $250,000 (based on a cost function where overhead is $100,000 + $6/DLHr) 4) Rate is 250,000/25,000 = $10/DLHr

Applying Overhead 1) Multiply actual activity by predetermined overhead rate - this is applied overhead 2) Compare to the actual overhead - if the applied is greater overhead is overapplied, if it is less it is under applied. Being overapplied is favorable. 3) The amount of under or overapplied overhead is assigned to cost of goods sold or prorated between inventories

Applied Overhead Example 1) Assume that actual hours worked were 26,000 and actual overhead was $257,000 2) Applied overhead would be 26,000 * $10 or $260,000 3) Overhead would be overapplied by $3,000 Why might this be the case?

Why Under or Over Applied? Remember, the cost function was $100,000 + $6/DLHr giving us a budgeted overhead or $250,000 at 25,000 labor hours Actual hours were 26,000 and the budget for that would have been $256,000, but the applied is $260,000 and the actual was $257,000. Thus we are $3,000 overapplied even though we spent $1,000 more than we should. This is because we more than covered the fixed overhead by working an extra 1,000 hours.

Costing Individual Job Assume Job ANZ used $5,000 worth of material, 150 labor hours at $15/hour; what is the cost of this job? Direct material$5,000 Direct labor$2,250 Overhead (150*$10)$1,500 Total Cost$8,750

Just In Time Production Goal is to minimize inventories to allow quicker response to customer needs Requires more frequent smaller delivers tied to when the input is needed in production Allows simpler accounting procedures as there are fewer inventories

Total Quality Management Continuous improvement Do it right the first time Listen to the needs of customers Empowering employees to make good products or provide good service